Deputy Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner

Job summary
Would you like to join an energetic, committed and friendly team to help early detection and prevention of bowel cancer?

We are looking to recruit a Deputy Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner to join our dynamic Bowel Cancer Screening team based at Aintree Hospital.

The programme has undergone significant change, building for the future and currently working towards the final stages of Age Extension, lowering the starting age of bowel cancer screening to 50yrs.

We pride ourselves on providing an exceptional service and excellent patient experience, and as we move towards our ambitious strategy, we require a motivated professional individual with excellent leadership skills to join us in this role.

Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the Lead SSP and Programme Manager to support, 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 Bowel Cancer Screening is essential.

About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Details
Date posted: 04 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 287-AMED-291-26
Job locations: Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane, Aintree, L9 7AL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership to the Specialist Screening Practitioners (SSPs) within the Mersey & North Cheshire 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 be responsible for the day to day management of the SSP team. They will also 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 and be responsible for the planning of the SSP workload ensuring service needs are met. They will need to work independently and as part of a multi- professional team, communicate effectively at all levels and influence change and development of the service.

Person Specification
Qualifications - Essential

• RGN
• Diploma
• Post-registration qualification in speciality (LJMU SSP module)
• Teaching and assessing

Experience - Essential

• Broad range of clinical experience with specific experience in speciality
• Participated in service development and implementation of change.
• Application of teaching within the work area.

Experience - Desirable

• An interest in Health Promotion and be able to demonstrate how they have developed this interest in their role.
• Experience in policy development

Knowledge - Essential

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Willingness to undertake any other necessary training identified by the national programme if applicable
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS national targets and priorities, particularly in relation to screening and cancer services
• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of the specific patient group

Knowledge - Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of application of relevant National Guidance both general and specialty related eg National Bowel Cancer Screening Frameworks, NICE etc
• Experience working in colorectal/gastroenterology/cancer/health promotion
• Knowledge of change management processes

Skills - Essential

• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of specialist nursing care
• Participated in service development and implementation of change
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
• Able to present written information in a logical manner.
• Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage own workload and work with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
• Assertive
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting

Skills - Desirable

• Advanced Communication course

Other - Essential

• Owner or 7 day access to reliable car and full driving licence.
• Ability to travel between screening sites

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane, Aintree, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
Contact: Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner, Deirdre Rapson
Email: Deirdre.Rapson@liverpooft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01515290476
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