Senior Specialist Screening Practitioner
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Harrow, HA1 3UJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£55,524 to £62,652
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
Senior SSP's must be experienced SSP's within the bowel cancer screening programme (either currently or previously) who have shown professional & pers...
The post holder is responsible, as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team, for delivering a comprehensive bowel cancer screening service.The post holder will need to work autonomously and seek collaborative relationships with others across and within professional boundaries, develop patient pathways and be responsible for developing thenursing service within the Bowel Cancer Screening Centre (BCSC).The role will involve working collaboratively with a team of SSP's and associated practitioners and personnel; to provide specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers on the Bowel Cancer Screening (BCS) pathway.They are expected to provide expert knowledge and advice in their own specialist area, ensuring maintenance of clinical excellence underpinned by evidence-based practice. This may be in one or more location (including other endoscopy units in satellite screening locations) to ensure delivery of the screening service in these areas, and may include breakfast/ evening/ weekend working in order to offer flexibility to the screening populations.The post holder will provide day to day management of junior SpecialistScreening Practitioners (SSP), Screening Practitioners (SP), and Assistant Screening Practitioners (ASP's), including undertaking appraisals and 1-1 meetings for these staff.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Education/ Qualifications
Essential: - oDegree; - oENG 998 or equivalent Teaching & assessing Course; - Advanced Communication skills course; - SSP Course (LJMU); - IMER Course
Desirable: - MSC/ Postgraduate study
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience working as an SSP in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
- BCSS IT Training course
- Able to demonstrate evidence of highly developed clinical practice on the management of patients within the BCSP
- Experience in taking medical histories and completing episodes of patient care
- Knowledge of the BCSP objectives / targets & standards
- Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management, valid consent and withdrawal of consent
Desirable: - oExperience of audit and research
How to apply
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First seen
24 September 2026
Last checked
28 September 2026
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