Specialist Nurse Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
The Sandwell and West Birmingham Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is seeking a full-time Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP). This role involves guiding patients through the screening pathway, ensuring informed decisions, and adhering to policies. Applicants must be registered general nurses with relevant experience, and specific training will be provided. The position requires travel between three hospital sites and good IT skills for national audit compliance.
Key responsibilities
- Take overall responsibility for patients within the bowel screening programme.
- Ensure patients are appropriately assessed and have management plans in place.
- Deliver effective, compassionate, and high-quality care.
- Work autonomously as a Specialist Screening Practitioner while collaborating with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ensure the screening population receives an equal and diverse Bowel Cancer Screening Service.
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience
- Recognised Qualification in Endoscopic Procedures
- Ability to work cross site
- Ability to Drive
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of BCSP
- Counselling/Health Promotion qualification
- GI endoscopy and radiological investigations/ treatment for GI cancer/Surgical and oncology procedures for treatment of GI cancer
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £38,682 – £46,580 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Specialist Nurse Practitioner
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
The Sandwell and West Birmingham Bowel Cancer Screening Programme isseeking to recruit a full time Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSPs) tojoin our team.
The bowel screening service addresses the needs of individuals currentlyaged between 50 and 75 who have an abnormal test result from ahome screening kit.
SSPs are expected to work autonomously in guiding patients to makeinformed decisions at all stages of the screening pathway, whilstadhering to Trust and Bowel cancer screening policies and protocols.
Applicants must be a registered general nurse with appropriateknowledge and experience. Specific training will be provided. Ourprogramme delivers screening services from three hospital sites: Sandwell Health Campus, Birmingham Treatment Centre, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Travelling between sites will be required, so afull driving license would be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
You will take overall responsibility for patients within the bowelscreening 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 expectedto work autonomously as a Specialist Screening Practitioner for theBowel Cancer Screening Prog
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