Job summary
- Main area
- BCSP
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1690
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) ready to take the next step in your career? We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Nurse to join our team as the Lead SSP for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
About the Programme:
The BCSP currently invites individuals aged 50–74 across our service area to participate in bowel cancer screening using the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), a simple home testing kit. Those with a positive result are offered a screening colonoscopy to assess for bowel cancer or pre-cancerous conditions. The programme also provides surveillance for individuals with Lynch syndrome.
The Role:
As Lead SSP, you’ll play a pivotal leadership role in ensuring the effective delivery of this vital service. You’ll guide and support a high-performing team and oversee day-to-day operations
What We’re Looking For:
NMC-registered nurse with significant clinical experience
Proven track record working as a Band 6 SSP within a bowel screening programme
Strong leadership skills with the confidence to support and develop your team.
A commitment to delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care.
Location: Covering North West London – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust & Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (West Middlesex Hospital)
Service Area: Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Hounslow, Westminster, and two-thirds of Ealing.
Main duties of the job
- To supervise and lead a team of SSPs to ensure effective and timely service delivery.
- To oversee the performance, scheduling, and wellbeing of SSP teams in alignment with the standards set by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
- To ensure accurate data collection and full compliance with BCSP (Bowel Cancer Screening Programme) guidelines.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC registration
- Diploma or degree in nursing
- Possession of Liverpool John Moores University Bowel Cancer Screening Practitioner qualification
Desirable criteria
- Leadership training
- Mentorship qualification
Experience / Skills
Essential criteria
- Significant experience as Band 6 SSP
- 2 years specialist colorectal nurse, senior endoscopy or interventional diagnostics nursing experience with line management of staff
- Evidence of data collection, audit and analysis
- Ability to produce reports and interpret data relating to the BCSP
- IT skills inc. Excel, Powerpoint
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates a knowledge of current issues related to the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Bernini
- Job title
- Matron for Endoscopy and BCSP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07780 286958
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