Specialist Screening Practitioner, Band 6

Job description

Job responsibilities

Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with appropriate teaching/assessing qualification. With substantial years post registration experience including appropriate experience in a related specialty.

Enhanced IT skills.

To undertake the post graduate training in Bowel Cancer Screening within the first year of employment. To use this specialist knowledge to enhance practice in all parts of the role.

Act as a role model and resource for all staff disseminating clinical skills and knowledge.

Demonstrate evidence of communication/problem solving skills within a team, including organisational and planning skills. To participate in own and teams personal and professional development. Ensuring progression through Individual Performance Development review and KSF outline.

Demonstrate good presentation skills or willingness to develop these skills.

Patient examination and history taking skills or willingness to undertake course.

Demonstrate understanding of research and evidence based practice, and participate as required in audit.

There will be liaison with several specialities regarding patient care to ensure the safest and highest quality care is delivered throughout their journey. The successful applicant will be involved from the point of referral to diagnosis, providing clinical support and counselling during what can be a very worrying time.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse with substantial post registration experience
• Experience of working in a gastroenterology or cancer care environment
• GCSE or equivalent of English and Maths to grade C or above

Knowledge/ Experience and Skills

Desirable

• Organise and prioritise own workload / caseload of patients within the multi disciplinary team. Demonstrate ability to organise self.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills (to patients, GPs, consultants, multidisciplinary teams within primary / secondary care).
• Demonstrate ability to work across the Trust within a variety of settings in different hospitals.
• Demonstrate positive attitudes towards cancer screening and an awareness of the screening programme as a whole
• Demonstrate participation in quality assurance, audit and research.
• Communicate sensitive information and address barriers to understanding with a wide diversity of patients, carers, multi-disciplinary team.
• Show awareness of national agenda and changes to improve cancer services (including local issues).
• Be able to assess patients and take accurate histories with excellent customer care 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.

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

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

Employer's website

https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)