Job Description

Senior SSP's must be experienced SSP's within the bowel cancer screening programme (either currently or previously) who have shown professional & personal development; and who have completed and passed 'the national mandated SSP course' at either level 6 or 7. It is essential that the post holder can work within a diverse team and community and present exemplary communication skills.



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 the

nursing 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 Specialist

Screening 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.

We run major acute services at:

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.



Candidates MUST be a qualified Specialist Screening Practitioner in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to apply for this post.



The post holder will provide day to day management of junior Specialist

Screening Practitioners (SSP), Screening Practitioners (SP), and Assistant Screening Practitioners (ASP's), including undertaking appraisals and 1-1 meetings for these staff.

The Senior SSP/Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) must comply with the national standards for safety and quality, which are assessed through JAG, SQAAS, NHSE and actively contribute with work plans

resulting from assessments.

Senior SSP's must be experienced SSP's within the bowel cancer screening programme (either currently or previously) who have shown professional & personal development; and who have completed and passed 'the national mandated SSP course' at either level 6 or 7. It is essential that the post holder can work within a diverse team and community and present exemplary communication skills.

The role involves the ability to integrate, communicate, support and be a role model to a wide multidisciplinary group in a centre of excellence.



For full role duties and responsibilities please see attached and Person Specification