Specialist Screening Practitioner
10 hours ago
Sheffield
Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Hydra House, Town Sheffield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 25/11/2026 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. We are seeking a Specialist Screening Practitioner 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 an excellent service for our patients. 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. 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. • Registered General Nurse with valid NMC, • Educated to degree level or demonstrate qualification, • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998., • Evidence of post grad health related degree or evidence of working towards post grad specialist qualifications, • Evidence of CPD Evidence of IT Experience, • Evidence of post registration academic development, • Advance Communication, • Existing SSP qualification from Liverpool John Moore’s University, • Substantial post registered experience in a managerial or leadership role, • Experience at Band 5 or above working within Endoscopy, Colorectal, Gastroenterology or Cancer Services, • Evidence of managing a caseload or care group in a clinical setting with multidisciplinary working., • Ability to manage change effectively, • External working including GPs and CCGs, • Counselling skills, • Experience of patient history taking, • Knowledge of national agenda on improving cancer services, • Excellent Communication Skills, both written and verbal and can present data in a way that is easy to understand, • Knowledge of nursing policies and procedures both locally and Trust wide, • Able to work as part of an immediate and wider multidisciplinary team, • Knowledge of Equal Opportunity policies and procedures, • Ability to present information both written and verbally, and communicate this effectively via Teams or Face to Face., • Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft applications, emails and teams, • Knowledge of the bowel cancer screening programme objectives, priorities and future demands for the service, • Knowledge of the NHS Long Term plan, • Presentation skills both written and verbal, • Knowledge of consenting/consent package, • Knowledge of Audit, Research and/or Clinical Governance, • Highly motivated, • Ability to communicate effectively., • Excellent Time Management and organisational skills, • Flexible and adaptable to working in a constantly changing working environment, including evening and weekend work, • Willingness to undertake training as identified necessary for the job role, • Methodical and logical approach to working., • Must have the ability to move between all sites within South Yorkshire at short notice., • Car driver/owner with valid UK driving licence essential to meet the needs of the service Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here . Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. W hen you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal. If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there. The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position. All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. For more information about our organisation and the opportunities available, please visit our website and follow us on Twitter and Facebook You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name Caroline Mitchell Job title Lead Nurse Email address Telephone number Davina Gregory, Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner - Sarah Rose, Lead Specialist Practitioner - #J-18808-Ljbffr