Specialist Screening Practioner

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) to join the expanding Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. This role supports service growth following the introduction of the FIT@80 pathway, helping to deliver high-quality screening, surveillance, and early cancer detection services.

As an SSP, you will provide specialist assessment, counselling, and support to participants throughout their screening journey, including managing patients with abnormal FIT results, coordinating colonoscopy pathways, and ensuring timely follow-up care. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will help maintain national screening standards while delivering a patient-centred service.

We are seeking a registered healthcare professional with excellent communication, clinical assessment, and organisational skills. Experience in cancer services, gastroenterology, endoscopy, or screening programmes is desirable, although full training will be provided.

Based at Kettering General Hospital, the role also requires working across Northampton General Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to cancer prevention, early diagnosis, and improved patient outcomes within a supportive team.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated registered healthcare professionals who are passionate about improving patient outcomes through early cancer detection and prevention. The successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Strong clinical assessment and patient management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, including confidence in discussing sensitive and complex information
• A compassionate, patient-centred approach to care
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a varied workload effectively
• Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
• Sound decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards
• Good IT and documentation skills
• Flexibility and ability to travel between Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital sites
• Experience in cancer services, gastroenterology, endoscopy, screening programmes an advantage but not essential

Training Requirement

A mandatory requirement of this role is the successful completion of the Level 6 Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) Course within 12 months of commencing the post. Completion of this qualification is essential to continue in the role.

Full support will be provided to attend and complete the programme, which is delivered at Torbay Hospital in partnership with the University of Plymouth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of all Roles and Responsibilities.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.