University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Screening Practitioner

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Location
Poole, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/6/2025
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the nurse led Dorset Bowel Cancer Screening Centre. You will join a highly skilled, motivated team delivering Bowel Cancer population screening to Dorset. Bowel Cancer Screening is offered to every Dorset resident from the ages of fifty years and seventy five years. Enabling the early detection and treatment of colorectal cancers. Successful candidates will be employed by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, based at the Poole Hospital site. There will be an expectation that you travel to four other screening sites within Dorset.

Poole town boasts a bustling quay, some of the best beaches in England and a stunning natural harbor. From Poole there is easy access to the Dorset countryside, renowned for its areas of outstanding natural beauty and the spectacular Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, ideal for sports and outdoor activities. We have excellent schools, and top-rated family attractions. Our town centre location means that we are conveniently situated for public transport. The bus and mainline train stations are both within easy walking distance, as are the Lighthouse Arts Centre, Poole Park and high street shops.

The successful candidate will provide expert knowledge, high quality care and psychological support to Dorset Bowel Cancer Screening subjects and their families.

The post is a Part time at AFC Band 6

For further Information please contact the main screening office on 0300 0198751.

The successful candidate will support subjects through the screening pathway including assessing subjects fitness for colonoscopy. Supporting subjects to make informed choices, delivering healthy life style advice. Reviewing and actioning investigation results including histopathology. Delivering investigation results and ensuring subjects outcomes are correct.

An essential requirement is to attend the Bowel Cancer Specialist Practitioner Course and to undertake further training to enable the successful candidate to fulfil the SSP requirements.

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracey Deacy Job title: Lead Nurse Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0300 019 8751
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