Band 6 Specialist Screening Practitioner
| Posting date: | 20 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,485 - £52,521 Per Annum HCA inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 April 2026 |
| Location: | Romford, RM1 2BA |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7888461/162-7653-SURG |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are looking to appoint a full time Specialist Screening Practitioner to join our team, who will play a key role in supporting patients through the screening process, you will manage the delivery of nurse-led clinics and colonoscopy lists at BHRUT. You will be acting as the individuals’ advocate, supporting them and their family to make informed choices about their screening examination, through all stages of the screening programme, assessing individuals, making decisions based on the outcomes of the assessment and planning their pathway.
You will be expected to work with our Health Improvement Specialist to help improve uptake to Bowel Cancer Screening. Unless you already possess the mandatory Specialist Screening Practitioner's certificate. If you are already qualified, you will have access to the Bowel Cancer Screening System (BCSS). If not, training will be provided, but proficient IT skills are required. The post is based at King George Hospital, but you will be required to work across all sites for BHRUT. The post may involve evening and weekend shifts.
Please note:
If you are already a qualified SSP, then pay is rewarded at a Band 6.
If you are not qualified, there are two mandatory courses to attend (funded). One is for the BCSS IT system, and the other is an SSP course and pay is rewarded at a Band 5. Upon successful completion and passing of this course, pay will automatically be rewarded at a Band 6.
Providing specialist clinical advice for patients and carers and supporting those who are undertaking the screening pathway for the entirety of their pathway for a colonoscopy or CTC. To Carrying a caseload and take responsibility for the management of allocated cases.
Working collaboratively with the programme hub and external stakeholders.As part of the team, co-ordinate and provide care from the screening centre to address the needs of individuals arising because of the screening programme.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a newelectronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have beenrated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of theNorth East London Cancer Alliance.
We run aWomen’s Health Hub in Ilford; anAgeing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospital and atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wage employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured inthis film.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details below
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
We are looking to appoint a full time Specialist Screening Practitioner to join our team, who will play a key role in supporting patients through the screening process, you will manage the delivery of nurse-led clinics and colonoscopy lists at BHRUT. You will be acting as the individuals’ advocate, supporting them and their family to make informed choices about their screening examination, through all stages of the screening programme, assessing individuals, making decisions based on the outcomes of the assessment and planning their pathway.
You will be expected to work with our Health Improvement Specialist to help improve uptake to Bowel Cancer Screening. Unless you already possess the mandatory Specialist Screening Practitioner's certificate. If you are already qualified, you will have access to the Bowel Cancer Screening System (BCSS). If not, training will be provided, but proficient IT skills are required. The post is based at King George Hospital, but you will be required to work across all sites for BHRUT. The post may involve evening and weekend shifts.
Please note:
If you are already a qualified SSP, then pay is rewarded at a Band 6.
If you are not qualified, there are two mandatory courses to attend (funded). One is for the BCSS IT system, and the other is an SSP course and pay is rewarded at a Band 5. Upon successful completion and passing of this course, pay will automatically be rewarded at a Band 6.
Providing specialist clinical advice for patients and carers and supporting those who are undertaking the screening pathway for the entirety of their pathway for a colonoscopy or CTC. To Carrying a caseload and take responsibility for the management of allocated cases.
Working collaboratively with the programme hub and external stakeholders.As part of the team, co-ordinate and provide care from the screening centre to address the needs of individuals arising because of the screening programme.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a newelectronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have beenrated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of theNorth East London Cancer Alliance.
We run aWomen’s Health Hub in Ilford; anAgeing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospital and atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wage employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured inthis film.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details below
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
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