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Specialist screening practitioner(ssp) | calderdale and huddersfield nhs foundation trust

Halifax
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Nhs
Posted: 5h ago
Offer description

Responsibilities

* Role model standards of care and behaviour through clinical practice.
* Contribute to the development of MDT/team objectives for the service/specialty.
* Act as a role model for standards of behaviour and professionalism, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within role and workplace.
* Contribute to local clinical networks and specialty specific groups, working in partnership with other key professionals.
* Participate in shared learning.
* Maintain professional registration and practice through CPD.
* Contribute to moving the service forward and the development of new ideas and ways of working.
* Complete and pass the Liverpool John Moores Course (and/or mandatory SSP Liverpool JMU course).
* Through Nurse‑Led Clinics, assess the participant’s suitability, acceptability and fitness for the screening examination.
* Use specialist knowledge and advanced communication skills with patients, relatives and carers when breaking bad news.
* Act as Key Worker for individuals with cancer or malignant polyps detected.
* Act as advocate and put forward views and wishes on behalf of the participant.
* Participate and attend Health Promotion events.
* Ensure all mandatory datasets are completed in a timely manner in real time.
* Participate in Screening Quality Assurance Service visits.
* Promote the sharing of skills, knowledge and experience within the screening centre and the wider screening community through formal and informal networks.
* Hold a valid driving licence for travel between community clinics, endoscopy units and local designated central office.
* Work hours over any 7 days including evenings and weekends when required.
* Coordinate patients through the screening pathway, implementing strategies to achieve the 28‑day and 62‑day targets.
* Provide advice to participants who contact the centre before their decision to take part in Screening and assess suitability for the screening procedure.
* Provide follow‑up nurse‑led face‑to‑face and telephone clinics for all participants in the programme.
* Coordinate, monitor and review the participants’ screening centre journey, liaising and referring to members of the screening team (Hub and screening centre) as appropriate.
* Provide support to participants diagnosed with benign and malignant colorectal disease, ensuring referral to appropriate specialist teams.
* Provide help‑line support and services to the BCSP Hub and individuals referred to the screening centre.
* Escalate any delays in patients’ pathways.
* Undertake BCSS training (for SSPs).

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for & support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

This advert closes on Friday 3 Apr 2026

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