About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to develop and enhance specialised nursing skills. There are many opportunities in the Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) role to further professional and personal development. The post holder will work closely with a wide range of health professionals including the multi-disciplinary team, endoscopy, radology, colorectal and cancer services within the Trust.
The postholder will demonstrate excellent assessment and communication skills to be able to guide patients through the bowel cancer screening journey. They will be expected to demonstrate specific skills in the management of findings as a result of diagnostic tests carried out within the programme. They will be responsible for providing the nursing contribution for the patient pathway including assessment, endoscopy, histology and follow up.
The postholder will care for a patient throughout the bowel cancer screening pathway. This involves the assessment, history taking and clinical decisions that need to be made prior to a patient undergoing a diagnostic test. Patients require excellent communication skills, empathy and patience.
This advert may close early, subject to high application numbers
Main duties of the job
- Support the provision of helpline services run from the hub by resolving queries referred by them to the screening centre.
- Provide advice, information and support for those making direct contact with the screening centre.
- Be responsible for care delivery to patients identified by the screening programme and will meet the needs of patients
- Ensure timely access to screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostic intervention and seamless transition to agreed pathways in primary, secondary, tertiary or outpatient care settings, during all stages of the screening pathway.
- Establish effective links with the local Multidisciplinary Teams in order to ensure that;
- Where cancer is detected, there is timely presentation and transfer of patients to the MDT
- Patient records for the screening services are completed to include data on treatment, staging and outcomes provided by the MDT.
- Apply relevant policies, guidelines and procedures in order to inform the overall management of local screening services and the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
- Participate ongoingly in data collection and quality assurance, service feedback and audit with particular responsibility for the follow up of patients at 30 days.
- Work with the Health Promotion Specialists across the boroughs and carry out health promotion activities.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered health care professional
Desirable
- Degree Counselling/health promotion qualification
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Patient examination and history taking
- Presentation skills
- I.T skills (standard key board user)
- Customer care skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Ability to supervise others
- Ability to communicate sensitive information and address barriers to understanding
- Ability to maintain accurate records
Desirable
- Advanced patient examination and history taking
- Basic counselling skills
- Venepuncture and cannulation
- Patient teaching/adult education
- Accessing and entering electronic data in clinical systems
Experience
Essential
- Substantive post registration experience
- Evidence of managing a caseload or care group in a clinical setting with multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of having been responsible for day to day supervision or co-ordination of staff in a clinical setting
- Evidence of participation in quality assurance, audit and research
Desirable
- Evidence of providing written and verbal communication to consultants and GPs as an integral part of caseload responsibilities
- Working with patients with lower GI cancers
- Experience of conducting audit/QA/research and changing practice
- Responsibility for safe use of equipment and resources/stock control
Knowledge
Essential
- Aware of national agenda and changes to improve cancers services
- Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management, valid consent and withdrawal of consent
Desirable
- Lower gastro-intestinal diseases
- Benign and malignant GI cancer presentation and disease progression
- GI endoscopy and radiological investigations/treatment for GI cancer
- Surgical and oncology procedures for treatment of GI cancer
Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
- Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Demonstrates the ability to organise self and team members
- Demonstrates a history of continuing professional development
- Demonstrates positive attitudes towards cancer screening
- Can be registered as a car user according to local policy
Desirable
- Holds full driving licence
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust
Homerton Row
Hackney
E9 6SR
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)