Specialist Screening Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) within the Cheshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre. The role involves providing high standards of care and support to patients in the English National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. The post holder will conduct face-to-face and telephone clinics, attend endoscopy lists, provide results including cancer diagnoses, and manage their own patient caseload. It requires a qualified patient-facing professional with current NMC/HCPC registration, keen to develop specialist colorectal skills.
Key responsibilities
- Provide the highest standard of care and support for patients participating in the English National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
- Conduct face-to-face and telephone clinics for individuals who have tested positive for Faecal Occult Blood.
- Attend endoscopy units across Cheshire for colonoscopy lists and provide results, including cancer diagnoses.
- Assess, inform, and support individuals throughout the screening pathway.
- Manage own patient caseload and audit practice.
- Travel independently between hospital and clinic settings.
Essential criteria
- Display trust values and behaviours as per job description
- Ability to work evening shift
- Ability to work across sites
- Examples of effective team working
- Articulate with advanced written and oral communication skills and the ability to respond to different communication needs of patients in a variety of settings
- Ability to present factual information and deal with questions
- Importance of quality of care and changes in practice
- Evidence of management and leadership skills
- Research and audit skills
- Ability to contribute to policy development
- IT skills/email
- Evidence of ability to prioritize own workload and work independently
- Patient examination and history taking
- RGN or equivalent patient facing professional qualification
- Clinical expertise across a range of specialties
- Detailed knowledge of professional accountability and NHS issues
- Importance of equality, diversity and rights in patient care
- Evidence of continued learning
- Commitment to undertake and achieve mandatory certificate of Professional Development, Specialist Bowel Cancer Screening, which is essential to continued employment in role
- Commitment to undertake additional mandatory courses
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in conducting audits
- Aware of national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and Current events relating to cancer services
- Basic counselling skills
- Experience in patient examination
- Experience in patient history taking
- Experience in Endoscopy or Pre- operative assessment
- Certificate of Professional Development, Specialist Bowel Cancer Screening
- Additional qualifications in a relevant area (EG; advanced communication, BCSS training)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Screening Practitioner
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment to the role of Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) within the Cheshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre based at Leighton Hospital. This post would suit a qualified patient facing staff member with current NMC/HCPC registration, who is keen to develop their knowledge and skills in a specialist Colorectal role.
Although the programme offices are based at Leighton hospital the clinical team cover the whole of Cheshire and as such we would welcome applications from registered healthcare professionals located in West and East of Cheshire as well as those local to Leighton.
We are a busy service and we have recently expanded the screening age to include all 50-60 year olds. As such the post holder will be expected to work on his/her own initiative and as a part of a team. They will also be required to be able to work flexibly with potential for evening and weekend shifts as the service expands.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide the highest standard of care and support for patients participating in the English National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Applicants must be a Registered Nurse (level 1) or Allied Healthcare Professional with a qualification in a patient
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