Job summary
- Main area
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Bank Days, evenings and weekends)
- Job ref
- 421-PSC-1136M
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harrogate, Leeds and York
- Town
- Harrogate
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Specialist Screening Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds. We also provide children’s services in the North East in County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJ’s Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in what we value: Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
Job overview
We are currently recruiting for Bank Specialist Screening Practitioners
We are seeking highly motivated, experienced and enthusiastic specialist screening practitioners who want to assist in the continued development of the service to meet the increase in demand. The successful candidate should be an experience Specialist Screening Practitioner Registered Nurse.
Due to the continuing expansion of our current service, an exciting opportunity has arisen for this nursing position within the Bowel Cancer Screening team.
The Bowel Cancer Screening programme currently invites men and women aged 60-74 to complete an at home FIT test kit (Faecal immunochemical test kit), which if positive invites them to attend for further diagnostic tests. The programme will be age extended to invite men and women aged 50-74 over the next two years across all sites at full roll out.
Main duties of the job
The ability to be flexible & organised in the workplace with a passion for delivering a quality and successful service is essential. Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are required to maintain and develop relationships with a wide range of internal and external contacts
You will be supported by Induction, training and ongoing development.
The hours of work are bank hours and can include in week, evenings and weekends.
Working for our organisation
The Bowel Cancer Screening programme has been running for 15 years and is well established, currently serving a population of 1.4 million.
We are a busy service and the post holder will be expected to work on his/her own initiative and as a part of a team.
We are a friendly team working in a busy environment. The role is varied and no two days are the same. If you are up to the challenge we look forward to meeting you.
If you think you have the skills and motivation to succeed in this role we are keen to hear from you. Informal conversations or visits to our team from interested parties are strongly encouraged.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is expected to adhere to Trust policies and procedures and relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies and to attend mandatory training as identified by the Trust.
For more information please see the job description attached.
Person specification
Experiance
Essential criteria
- Qualified nurse
- NMC Registration
- Evidence of having responsible for day to day supervision or coordination
- Existing SSP Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Experience
- IT Qualification
- Endoscopy Experience
Essential
Essential criteria
- Evidence of managing a caseload or care group in a clinical setting with multidisciplinary working.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in quality assurance, audit and research
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the current BCSP and Bowel Scope programmes
- Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills.
- Demonstrates and understanding of the impact of a diagnosis of bowel cancer.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Whitehead
- Job title
- Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07748787429
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