Bowel Cancer Screening - Southern Hub B3

The Royal Surrey Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Screening Officer to join the dynamic and friendly NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme's Southern Hub team located on the Surrey Research Park in Guildford.

This dedicated team forms one of five hubs providing Bowel Cancer Screening in England; the Southern Hub serves a population of 16 million people across the South of England.

The Hub invites all 50-74 years olds within its population for bowel screening using a home test kit called FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test). The Hub provides a free phone helpline service, a modern laboratory and liaises with 18 Screening Centres in their provision of colonoscopy investigation for all participants who require further investigations.

The successful candidate will join a team of 30 Screening Officers who are essential in delivering the Hub's daily operation.

Main duties of the job

Screening Officers work across the core areas of the Hub including:

- Being the first point of contact and supporting the public on our busy telephone helpline.

- Processing of FIT kits in our laboratory, from kit receipt through to issuing the result.

- Undertaking administrative duties to ensure we are providing a high quality service for our population.

- Making suggestions and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

This role suits individuals of all backgrounds who are attentive, caring, have strong spoken and written communication skills, and able to follow documented processes and instructions.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.