Specialist Practitioner Safeguarding Children - Bristol, United Kingdom - UHBW Trust

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Band 6 Specialist Screening Practitioner: 1 Full Time permanent post: 37.5 hours per week over 5 days, Monday to Friday (shift times are 8am-4pm, 8am-6pm, 9am-5pm and 10am -6pm, depending on rota allocation).

Hours may change in the future due to service expansion where expected to work some evenings and weekends.

As a Band 6 Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) you will employed by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and based at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, but you will be required to work across multiple sites, including Bristol Royal Infirmary, South Bristol Community Hospital, Southmead Hospital and possible future working at Weston General Hospital.

Additionally you must have good Information Technology (IT) skills as this post also includes daily data entry into a national screening database.

Specialist training will be provided for use of the Bowel Cancer Screening IT system, Open Exeter. Some experience in teaching or health promotion is also an advantage, but not essential.

You should also hold a full driving licence, have access to a car and be willing to travel between hospital sites.

This course is provided by Liverpool John Moore's University or Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, run in partnership with the University of Plymouth.

We are looking for an experienced hardworking, flexible and committed individual to join our team, providing high quality care to all screening participants.

You will be responsible for undertaking nurse led clinics including patient assessment, provision of information and preparation and support of those undergoing endoscopic or radiological investigations, within the screening programme.

The role requires you to communicate and work closely with the wider Multidisciplinary team across different hospital trusts.

You must have excellent communication skills and be able to communicate sensitive and complex information to both patients and colleagues, including breaking significant news.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.

UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.

city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

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Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Health Care Provider
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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