Specialist Screening Practitioner

The post holder will work under the supervision of the lead nurse and will provide the highest standard of care and support for patients participating in the national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. He or she will have responsibility for assessing, informing and supporting individuals throughout the screening pathway. Varied work includes providing nurse-led clinics, attending colonoscopy lists, communicating results to patients and other health care professionals and collecting and inputting screening data into a dedicated IT system,

• Provide specialist telephone clinics for patients who have a positive FIT test result
• Advise the patient and assess their suitability for colonoscopy and obtaining informed consent
• Be present at dedicated screening colonoscopy lists across each Trust
• Co-ordinate and provide care and support the patient through the BCS clinical pathway
• Obtain MDT outcomes
• Work collaboratively with the hub to ensure all positive FIT results are scheduled to enable the flexible service delivery to achieve waiting times and clinical activity targets.
• Complete the Bowel Cancer Screening system database and local database to allow effective monitoring and quality assurance of the programme
  
  You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.