Specialist Nurse Practitioner

Job overview

The Sandwell and West Birmingham Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is seeking to recruit a full time Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSPs) to join our team.

The bowel screening service addresses the needs of individuals currently aged between 50 and 75 who have an abnormal test result from a home screening kit.

SSPs are expected to work autonomously in guiding patients to make informed decisions at all stages of the screening pathway, whilst adhering to Trust and Bowel cancer screening policies and protocols.

Applicants must be a registered general nurse with appropriate knowledge and experience. Specific training will be provided. Our programme delivers screening services from three hospital sites: Sandwell Health Campus, Birmingham Treatment Centre, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Travelling between sites will be required, so a full driving license would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

You will take overall responsibility for patients within the bowel screening programme ensuring they are appropriately assessed, management plans are in place and the care they receive is effective, compassionate and of the best quality. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously as a Specialist Screening Practitioner for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme while collaborating appropriately with members of the multi-disciplinary team and staff at other sites, ensuring that the screening population of Sandwell and West Birmingham receive an equal and diverse Bowel Cancer Screening Service.

This role is part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and subject to significant national audit, therefore it requires good IT skills and attention to detail. Specific training and induction is provided, along with mandatory attendance at university for the completion of the Specialist Screening Practitioner module at level 6/7.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.