Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and dedicated Specialist Screening Practitioner to join our team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. As a key member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme by working collaboratively with the Programme Hub and other clinical colleagues.

Main Duties
  • Work autonomously using specialist skills and knowledge to determine the best pathway of care for bowel screening patients.
  • Provide specialist information to assist patients in managing their treatment options.
  • Ensure timely access to screening flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or alternative diagnostic intervention and seamless transition to agreed pathways in primary, secondary, tertiary, or outpatient settings.
  • Utilize highly specialist knowledge to assist patients in managing treatment side effects.
  • Develop an information standard and embed it in practice.
  • Maintain accountability and responsibility in all areas of practice, including excellent documentation and recording of information.
  • Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients, and carers/relatives.
  • Deliver specialist pre-assessment clinics following a patient positive Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) using specialist knowledge.
  • Discuss complex facts and prepare patients for a possible cancer diagnosis, informing them of the potential benefits and risks involved in colonoscopy screening.
  • Ensure timely access to screening colonoscopy or radiological diagnostics and seamless transition to agreed pathways.
  • Liaise with local colorectal cancer MDT to ensure timely presentation and transfer of patients to the MDT following Trust protocol.
  • Perform comprehensive assessment of patient needs, plan, implement, and evaluate care according to BCSP.
  • Establish effective links with local colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary teams to ensure timely presentation and transfer of patients to the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Break bad news to patients following their colonoscopy, discussing the findings and explaining what happens next on their pathway.
  • Present during each colonoscopy procedure to provide reassurance to the patient and collect an extensive pre-defined dataset, inputting information onto the Bowel Cancer Screening System (BCSS).
  • Populate and maintain the BCSP National database.
  • Participate in ongoing data collection and quality assurance, service feedback, and audit with particular responsibility for the follow-up of patients at 30 days.
  • Perform comprehensive assessment of patient needs, plan, implement, and evaluate care according to BCSP.
  • Collect, collate, evaluate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
  • Act as a key participant in the health promotion programme adopted by the BCS team.
People Management and Development
  • Support the provision of helpline services run from the Hub by resolving queries referred by them to the screening centre.
  • Ensure patient records for the screening services are completed to include data on treatment, staging, and outcomes provided by the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Maintain professional competence and support that of other staff within the BCSP.
  • Support the Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner and Programme Manager in the development of performance to the National Screening Programme, strategic groups, and the wider health community.
  • Contribute to the business and strategic planning for the BCSP.
  • Provide specialist, expert knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients, and carers/relatives.
  • Work collaboratively with other health professionals and organisations.
  • Evaluate service delivery, identify areas for improvement, and initiate change.
  • Travel between all clinic and endoscopy sites to ensure equity and timeliness of service delivery.
Service Delivery and Improvement
  • In addition to SSP duties, the post holder will assist the Lead SSP and Programme Manager in the planning, organisation, and maintenance for delivery of the programme, ensuring waiting list targets are met, where necessary.
  • Ensure that clinical risks are identified, reported, and managed within the department and adhere to local clinical governance policies.
  • Identify need for, and undertake, research, clinical audit, and benchmarking in order to improve effectiveness of patient care.
  • Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.
  • Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
  • Promote patient and public involvement activities in the BCSP, leading to service improvement.
  • Promote people's equality, diversity, and rights.
Communication
  • Work independently across organisations to improve communication regarding patients and the treatment they received.
  • Provide face-to-face contact with GPs and community nurses to challenge current ways of working and embrace change.
  • Work collaboratively with GPs and community nurses to improve the patients' pathway of care.
  • Utilize specialist skills and advance communication techniques to manage difficult conversations with patients.
  • Work with different members of the hospital MDT to ensure the patient is given the right information.
  • Keep NHS Cancer Screening up to date with improvements in the patient pathway and developments with the project.
  • Work with lead cancer nurse in ensuring project outcomes are delivered.
  • Set up focus groups to gain patient ideas to ensure alterations in care are patient-focused.

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