Specialist Screening Practitioner inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED
MON 30 DEC 2024
Candidates must possess a valid UK driving license and a car, as travel across Greater Manchester is required for patient assessments. Education support is provided, and completion of the mandatory Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Specialist Screening Practitioner Course within two years is a requirement for continued employment. The role may offer remote work opportunities based on service demands and established competencies. The Trust promotes diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
Are you looking for a career opportunity in a rewarding skilled Specialist Screening Practitioner nursing role (SSP) based at Manchester Royal Infirmary? Our SSP's are highly skilled nurse practitioners who have the responsibility to ensure that all patients who are eligible for bowel cancer screening, have a seamless journey throughout the bowel screening pathway.
Manchester BCSP is expanding to include individuals aged 50-59 years, and patients with Lynch Syndrome who require surveillance colonoscopy, so we are looking to recruit committed, reliable, and experienced nurses that we will support in developing into our forward-thinking Specialist Screening Nurse Practitioner team.
Applicants should be aware that face to face patient contact is currently limited as our patients are offered telephone assessment appointments in the first instance. You will however see patients who require subsequent face to face assessment appointments at GP surgeries and hospital sites across Greater Manchester, and when they attend their colonoscopy appointments. Our patient cohort covers Central and South Manchester, Trafford, Stockport and Tameside.It is therefore essential that you own a car and have a current full UK driving license with business cover, and you must confirm that you meet these criteria in the supporting information on the application form.
As an SSP, you will be making decisions based on your clinical assessments during the initial Specialist Screening Practitioner Positive Assessment clinics and liaising with different disciplines and specialties to ensure that patients are prepared and booked for their tests in a safe and efficient manner.
You will attend colonoscopy lists to support the patients on the day of their tests and to document live data about their procedures on the BCSS database
Support and Education
Education is provided, and you will be expected to successfully complete the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Specialist Screening Practitioner Course at Liverpool John Moore's University. Completion of this course within 2 years of being in post is mandatory and must be passed successfully for you to continue working within the programme.
Your competency within the role will be assessed before you are able to work autonomously, and this is a requirement for the John Moore's course. You will be supporting patients through their pathway, informing them of their results and inputting information onto BCSS. Having attention to detail and being comfortable with IT systems is vital.
Due to clinics currently being telephone based, there may also be opportunities to work from home, subject to service need, risk assessments being completed, and competencies being achieved.
About us
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
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