# Specialist Screening Practitioner

**Company**: Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Hackney
**Salary**: £47951.00 to £56863.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to develop and enhance specialised nursing skills as a Specialist Screening Practitioner. The post holder will work closely with a wide range of health professionals including the multi-disciplinary team, endoscopy, radiology, 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 main duties of the job include:

- Supporting the provision of helpline services run from the hub by resolving queries referred by them to the screening centre.

- Providing advice, information and support for those making direct contact with the screening centre.

- Being responsible for care delivery to patients identified by the screening programme and meeting the needs of patients.

- Ensuring timely access to screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostic intervention and seamless transition to agreed pathways in primary, secondary, tertiary or outpatient care settings.

- Establishing effective links with the local Multidisciplinary Teams to ensure that patients with cancer are timely presented and transferred to the MDT.

- Participating in data collection and quality assurance, service feedback and audit.

- Working with the Health Promotion Specialists across the boroughs and carrying out health promotion activities.

The Trust offers a range of benefits and is committed to inclusion for all of its staff. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community.

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## Skills

### Required
- patient examination and history taking
- presentation skills
- I.T skills
- customer care skills
- ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- ability to supervise others
- ability to communicate sensitive information
- ability to maintain accurate records

### Nice to have
- advanced patient examination and history taking
- basic counselling skills
- venepuncture and cannulation
- patient teaching/adult education
- accessing and entering electronic data in clinical systems

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