Job summary
- Main area
- Screening
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm)
- Job ref
- 190-0635-DIR-A
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/09/2025
Employer heading

Screening Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We are seeking a Screening Administrator to join the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team of highly motivated, professional staff who take pride in providing excellent services for our patients.
The post holder will work under the supervision of the programme manager and will provide the highest standard of care for patients participating in the national Bowel Cancer Screening programme.
The Post holder will be responsible for all aspects of clerical duties within screening and will be required to complete an online course to enable them to use the BCSS system within Open Exeter. The post holder will also be required to record patients on tracking systems and adhere to standard operational policies within the department.
Main duties of the job
- Deal with telephone queries, filtering and redirecting calls as necessary and taking messages in an efficient and courteous manner.
- Book colonoscopy appointments for FIT positive patients to meet cancer faster diagnosis waiting times.
- Prepare agenda’s, take minutes, transcribe, and circulate minutes to appropriate staff
- Work closely with the hub and nurses to ensure appropriate booking of appointments to meet faster diagnosis waiting times
- Input data into the BCSS and other local data bases as required
- When required assist with short notice rescheduling of clinics and colon lists
- Assist with booking surveillance patients in line with surveillance protocols
- Assist with booking Rescope patients in line with Rescope protocols
- Build working relationships with key staff both internally within the screening centre and externally across all multidisciplinary teams
- Produce performance data regarding achievements of national targets
- Produce reports for discussion at the weekly team and quarterly clinical bowel screening meetings
- Through attendance at team meetings maintain active knowledge of the work, roles and objectives of the team in order to deliver, understand and respond to queries.
- Maintain patient confidentiality in all aspects of data handling either written or verbally.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all 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.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of a maximum of twelve months due to maternity leave of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and statutory maternity provisions.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE standard (or equivalent); to include Maths and English at grade C/4 or above / Or Equivalent Experience.
- NVQ 3 or similar in administration and business or other relevant subject to Level 3 or must be able to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge, training, and experience
Desirable criteria
- ECDL qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Good level of all round IT literacy
- Experience of clerical duties
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Experience of data entry to databases
- Knowledge of Patient Centre /Patient Focussed Information / InfoFlex, and/or a willingness to undertake further training
Desirable criteria
- Experience using Bowel Cancer Screening software
- Experience of effective working relationships with key stakeholders
- Knowledge of colorectal cancer and treatments
- 31/62 referral process
- Medical terminology course
- Knowledge of Cancer tracking
- Knowledge of National Cancer Waiting Times standards
- Open Exeter data base experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to prioritise
- Reliable
- Be able to work independently with limited supervision
- Be responsible for delivering work to deadlines and to a good standard
- Positive approach to work
- Demonstrate a clear understanding for the need to maintain patient confidentiality and data handling
- Knowledge of recording, retrieving and collecting patient information within the NHS
Further Training
Essential criteria
- The knowledge of recording, retrieving and collecting patient information within the NHS.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in dealing with audits / minimum data sets.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Askham
- Job title
- Programmes Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2573070
- Additional information
Caroline Mitchell, Lead Nurse via email to caroline.mitchell27.nhs.net
Alina Curteanu, Administration Manager via email to [email protected]
0114 2573070
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