Job overview

Cancer Screening Liaison Nurse – Learning Disabilities

Band 7 fulltime ( secondment for 18 months) External applicants will be accepted subject to secondment agreement from employer.

Base to be aligned with Coventry/Rugby CLDT. Windmill Point, Coventry.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse, RNLD or RN/RNMH (with extensive learning Disability experience at band 6 or above)  to lead and undertake a project focused on  increasing uptake for cancer screening within Coventry and Warwickshire for People with a Learning disability.

The post holder will work closely with established CLDTs and develop relationships with Primary care, particularly those with the learning disability GP friendly badge, alongside other stakeholders including social care.

If you are seeking to progress your career with a clinical focus, have a passion for innovation, are interested in improving health outcomes and have an awareness of collecting data to communicate this, then this could be the role for you.

For more information or an informal chat please contact.

Main duties of the job

• To  lead and establish effective links with local Primary care services, multidisciplinary cancer screening teams and stakeholders to ensure timely presentation and improved uptake of cancer screening programmes.
• Coordinate and support the delivery of interventions to increase cancer screening and to promote the Healthy Lifestyles agenda across the  Community learning disability teams.
• To Lead in the development and updating of this service within CWPT.
• To be competent in Physical Health and Healthy Lifestyles promotion and education.
• To promote cancer screening services and to educate target populations signposting appropriately, while ensuring accessibility.
• To support the establishment and embedding cancer screening interventions as part of normal routine physical healthcare.  
• To work flexibly and be involved in engaging in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) as a fundamental part of this process.
• To share information with other members of staff where necessary to ensure holistic care is maintained.
• To liaise with the CLDTs, Primary and Acute care
• To maintain and update knowledge in keeping with recommendations for changes within cancer screening programmes locally and nationally.  

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
•  excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.