Hub Screening Officer inGuildford inGuildford PUBLISHED
TUE 14 JAN 2025
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Candidates should demonstrate enthusiasm and teamwork, with an aptitude for guiding and training new team members. The position offers opportunities for skill development as the programme evolves, and provides a supportive working environment with good onsite facilities and accessibility to local amenities.
The Royal Surrey County Hospital is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Screening Officer to join a dynamic and friendly team dedicated to the provision of a high quality screening service for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Hub located on the Surrey Research Park, Guildford. The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme provides Bowel Cancer Screening in England, and the Southern Hub serves a population of 15.7 million in the South of England performing around 1.7 million tests per year.
The Hub invites all 54-74 years olds within its population to be screened using the faecal occult blood test and we are currently extending the age range down to 50 years old. It provides a freephone helpline service, a modern laboratory and liaises with 18 screening centre in their provision of colonoscopy investigation for all participants with positive screening results.
The successful candidate will be a part of the screening officer team at the Hub providing day to day support to our busy helpline and laboratory and undertaking various administrative and clerical duties to ensure we are providing a high quality service for our users.
The Hub has free parking on site and is based on the Surrey Research Park in Guildford surrounded by green spaces. The Hub building is light, spacious and close to the local amenities of the Royal Surrey Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic team player who is looking for a new challenge
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The post holder will work in both the Hub laboratory and Helpline/Administrative areas. Theproportion of time spent in each area will depend on the needs of the service.
As the programme develops there will be opportunities for staff to develop their skills in specific areas.
Be competent in the use of Bowel Cancer Screening Software (BCSS), identify population cohortsfor screening and arrange for the circulation of letters, leaflets and test kits, make a computerisedrecord of test results, and extract from the system data required for quality monitoring and reporting.
Receive and respond to telephone calls from participants, relatives, members of the public andother professionals organisations using prepared guidelines in an efficient, helpful, tactful andcompassionate manner.
Undertake specimen reception and recording in accordance with an approved procedure
As a competent member of the team, be on hand to guide, train and supervise the work of new andjunior team members.
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