Band 6 Specialist Screening Practitioner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job summary:

The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme team are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, self-motivated Registered Nurse for the post of Specialist Screening Practitioner to assist with the day-to-day running of the service and the future expansion of the programme at Heartlands, Goodhope and Solihull Hospital.

Main duties, tasks & skills required:

As an autonomous Specialist Screening Practitioner you will be responsible for managing your own caseload of Bowel cancer screening, covering pre-assessment, attending colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy endoscopy sessions, CTVC, diagnosis, surveillance, MDT and results clinics.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are vital to support bowel screening patients through the pathway to ensure continuity of care within a wider multi-disciplinary team.

Promoting the service to improve uptake of screening is an important aspect of the role.

About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description:

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:

Essential:

DipHE/ Degree Adult nursing
Current registration with NMC
Evidence of continuing professional development
Willing to undertake the SSP University Course

Experience:

Essential:

Minimum 3 years post registration experience
Knowledge of data protection
Knowledge of Clinical Governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

Certificate of Sponsorship:

UK Professional Registration:

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.