Cervical Screening Provider Lead | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 October 2025 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7490415/432-HR718-25 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and pro-activeCervical Screening Provider Leadwho will oversee and co-ordinate the quality and effectiveness of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme ( NHSCSP) within East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be responsible for maintaining close working relationship between all parts of the Trust’s cervical screening activities and stakeholders. You should also ensure close working relationships are maintained with other CSPLs across the screening pathway to provide continuity across the programme.
Persons likely to be able to fulfil the role are:
· Consultant cellular pathologists
· Non-training grade experienced senior colposcopists or consultant colposcopists
· Laboratory lead biomedical scientists (BMS) or consultant BMS
· Senior nurse colposcopists or lead colposcopy nurses
This post is 7.5 hours per week (or 8 hours if medical), role can be remote but successful candidate must be accessible to site for QA visits.
If you have are kind, innovative, highly experience lead , we would love to hear from you.
· To act as the centre for communications about the NHS Cervical screening programme; coordinating relevant histology and colposcopy and advising Trust management on cervical screening matters
· To ensure that laboratory and colposcopy performance complies with NHS Cervical Screening Programme guidelines and standards and take appropriate action where they do not. This includes ensuring that appropriate links are maintained between general practices, the laboratory and colposcopy clinic/ clinics and that suitable, timely treatment is available for women with cervical cytology abnormalities.
· To monitor the quality and effectiveness of the services provided by ESNEFT according to NHSCSP standards and guidelines and take appropriate action to address any shortfalls or escalate appropriately.
· To ensure that there is a timely collection and submission of data for national mandatory statistical returns and data for routine and ad hoc programme monitoring for NHS England commissioners, SQAS and other organisations.
· To review data relating to the service provided by ESNEFT and monitor performance against both nationally and locally agreed standards.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bringwhat’swidely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025