Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Hub
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-AGB-EMF17759
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £25,329 - £26,958 per annum pro rata for part time INC HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Hub Screening Officer
Band 3
Job overview
The Royal Surrey County Hospital is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Screening Officer to join a dynamic and friendly team dedicated to the provision of a high quality screening service for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Hub located on the Surrey Research Park, Guildford. The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme provides Bowel Cancer Screening in England, and the Southern Hub serves a population of 15.7 million in the South of England performing around 1.7 million tests per year.
The Hub invites all 54-74 years olds within its population to be screened using the faecal occult blood test and we are currently extending the age range down to 50 years old. It provides a freephone helpline service, a modern laboratory and liaises with 18 screening centre in their provision of colonoscopy investigation for all participants with positive screening results.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be a part of the screening officer team at the Hub providing day to day support to our busy helpline and laboratory and undertaking various administrative and clerical duties to ensure we are providing a high quality service for our users.
The Hub has free parking on site and is based on the Surrey Research Park in Guildford surrounded by green spaces. The Hub building is light, spacious and close to the local amenities of the Royal Surrey Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic team player who is looking for a new challenge
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work in both the Hub laboratory and Helpline/Administrative areas. The proportion of time spent in each area will depend on the needs of the service.
As the programme develops there will be opportunities for staff to develop their skills in specific areas.
Be competent in the use of Bowel Cancer Screening Software (BCSS), identify population cohorts for screening and arrange for the circulation of letters, leaflets and test kits, make a computerised record of test results, and extract from the system data required for quality monitoring and reporting.
Receive and respond to telephone calls from participants, relatives, members of the public and other professional’s organisations using prepared guidelines in an efficient, helpful, tactful and compassionate manner.
Undertake specimen reception and recording in accordance with an approved procedure
As a competent member of the team, be on hand to guide, train and supervise the work of new andjunior team members.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE level grade C or above or equivalent qualification or experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven experience working within an multidisciplinary office environment
- Proven knowledge of computers to include the use of Microsoft Office and Windows – this will be tested at interview
- Proven experience of working with the public
Desirable criteria
- Proven experience working within the NHS Bowel Screening Programme including the use of the Bowel Cancer Screening System
- Proven experience working within a laboratory setting
- Proven experience working within an NHS environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tina Cook
- Job title
- Hub Screening Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 409 853
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