Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner

The Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield Bowel Cancer Screening Programme currently invites men and women aged 50-74 to complete an at home test kit (Faecal Immunochemical Test - FIT) which if positive offers them the opportunity to attend for a screening colonoscopy investigation to determine whether or not they have a Bowel Cancer or a potential bowel cancer. The programme also includes Lynch Surveillance patients.
The Screening centre covers a large geographical area which includes two NHS Trusts which are Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust and the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.
This would be a suitable post for an experienced, forward thinking nurse with an interest in Bowel Cancer and Screening Programmes who can demonstrate a high level of clinical achievement with a desire to expand their expertise and knowledge within the specialised field of bowel cancer screening. They will need to demonstrate a “can do attitude” and be able to work autonomously. They require good organisational skills and able to demonstrate a varied clinical background. They need to be able to work well under pressure and be a team player in what is a very busy and changing service.
- To act as the referred participants named contact and support. To provide advice to participants who contact the centre pre their decision to take part in Screening and to assess suitability for the screening procedure
- Through Nurse-Led Clinics, assess the participant’s suitability, acceptability and fitness for the screening examination, requesting alternative screening examinations based upon the above and the participant’s informed choice
- Coordinate, monitor and review the participants screening centre journey, liaising and referring to members of the screening team (Hub and screening centre) as appropriate.
- To use specialist knowledge and advanced communication skills with patients, relatives and carers when breaking bad news and providing psychological support on diagnosis, treatment and symptom management
- Act as Key Worker for individuals whom have Polyps,cancer or malignant polyps detected (confirmed by histology and/or cytology) at the screening examination.

To ensure all mandatory datasets are completed in a timely manner in real time
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
To provide a specialist service to the participants in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
To provide the highest standard of care for patients participating in the national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
To participate in Health Promotion events.
To participate in Screening Quality Assurance Service visits, working alongside and supporting the Lead SSP’s, Programme Manager and Clinical Director. They will assist in auditing and acting on any anomalies.
To promote the sharing of skills, knowledge and experience within the screening centre and the wider screening community through formal and informal networks
To participate,contribute in MDT meetings - T
The post holder will either be an experienced SSP and will have attended and passed the mandatory SSP Liverpool JMU course or working towards it or they will be willing to do so within 12 months of appointment. All SSPs must pass this course in order to remain working as an SSP. All SSPs must undertake BCSS training.
Ensures coordination of patients through the screening pathway implementing appropriate strategies to accommodate fluctuations/delays to patient pathways or referrals to MDTs.
The post holder will need to hold a valid driving licence to enable travel between community clinics, endoscopy units and the local designated central office.
The post holder will need to be able to work their hours over any 7 days including e