Job Description

A 12 month secondment opportunity has arisen in the Liverpool and Wirral Bowel screening centre for the position of a Deputy lead Specialist screening practitioner as a job share for 18.75 hrs/week.

You will work closely with the Lead SSP and Programme Manager to support and the Lead admin to lead and train the team of Specialist Screening Practitioners through this period of change. You will have excellent clinical assessment skills to apply, alongside evidence-based decision making to support patients, their carers and relatives taking part in the programme.

Experience of leading a team, undertaking nurse led clinics; and working within Endoscopy/Colorectal/Gastroenterology or GI Cancer is essential.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership to the Specialist Screening Practitioners (SSP’s) within the Liverpool and Wirral Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient services for both the FIT abnormal, surveillance and Lynch syndrome elements of the programme within the resources available. The post holder, in liaison with the Lead SSP, will lead on the training and development of the SSPs to ensure the provision of specialist, expert knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients and carers/relatives. The post holder will be able to prioritise their own work load, work independently and as part of a multi- professional team, communicate effectively at all levels and influence change and development of the service.

The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Merseyside and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. We would particularly encourage candidates from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and candidates with health conditions or impairments.

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