Specialist Screening Practitioner

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

JOB OVERVIEW
Providing Specialist Nursing and acting as an identified key worker for patients participating in the Bowel Cancer Screening programme (BCSP). Collaborating with a range of health professionals within the multidisciplinary team to ensure efficient and effective operation of the service. Providing advice, education and support to patients, their carers and other health care professionals arising as a consequence of the screening programme. Acting as the patient advocate, supporting them to make informed choices throughout the screening process. Assessing and preparing patients for colorectal examination. Participating in health promotion activities with local services and charities to improve access to screening. Populating and maintaining the local Bowel Screening programme database. Working collaboratively with the Programme Hub. The post holder will work to agreed professional, departmental and Trust boundaries as required providing patient-centred seamless care.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will require excellent communication skills and a holistic and empathetic approach in patient assessment. Interest and experience in endoscopy, polyp management, colorectal cancer nursing, or bowel cancer care would be advantageous, though not essential. The applicant should have an appreciation for public health concepts, particularly in population screening and health promotion/education methodologies. To ensure a patient-centred service is offered, the ability to work flexibly, both remotely and across sites is essential.

Based in the Endoscopy Department at both our John Radcliffe Hospital and Horton General Hospital, the role involves delivering autonomous nurse-led clinics, follow-up histology assessment, and Specialist Practitioner support during endoscopic procedures. In addition, regular health promotion activities are undertaken to promote the programme with primary care colleagues, charity groups such as Bowel Cancer UK, and our 'hard-to-reach' populations, such as prisons.

The successful applicant will receive a structured orientation programme, detailed IT training, and a funded educational module (at either L6 degree or L7 master's level) specific to developing in the Specialist Screening Practitioner role. Opportunities for Continuing Professional Development and further academic study are available and actively encouraged.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will require excellent communication skills and a holistic and empathetic approach in patient assessment. Interest and experience in endoscopy, polyp management, colorectal cancer nursing, or bowel cancer care would be advantageous, though not essential. The applicant should have an appreciation for public health concepts, particularly in population screening and health promotion/education methodologies. To ensure a patient-centred service is offered, the ability to work flexibly, both remotely and across sites is essential.

Based in the Endoscopy Department at both our John Radcliffe Hospital and Horton General Hospital, the role involves delivering autonomous nurse-led clinics, follow-up histology assessment, and Specialist Practitioner support during endoscopic procedures. In addition, regular health promotion activities are undertaken to promote the programme with primary care colleagues, charity groups such as Bowel Cancer UK, and our 'hard-to-reach' populations, such as prisons.

The successful applicant will receive a structured orientation programme, detailed IT training, and a funded educational module (at either L6 degree or L7 master's level) specific to developing in the Specialist Screening Practitioner role. Opportunities for Continuing Professional Development and further academic study are available and actively encouraged.

Person Specification

Guidance as below Essential and Desirable

• Essential criteria
  Current UK NMC PIN Registered Nurse Level 2
  Ability to study at Degree or Masters Level
  Knowledge of Lower GI Disease benign and malignant, including radiological, endoscopic investigation, surgical and oncological treatments
  Patient assessment, history taking, consent procedures
  Awareness of clinical Governance and Risk Management
  Working in a multidisciplinary team environment
  Aware of National Agenda relating to Cancer services
  IT Literacy, entering data into clinical Systems, Microsoft, MS Word, MS Excel
• Desirable criteria
  PGD Module/PG Cert/PG Dip in Healthcare or Public Health
  Health Promotion Qualification
  Advanced Communications Course
  Mentoring, teaching or assessing qualification
  Experience in Public Health Interventions or Programmes
  Experience in carrying out Peer reviews and Audits
  Experience of working under 2WW Targets
  Experience in reviewing updating or writing departmental policies
  Endoscopy Nursing Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year