Breast Screening Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to work with the Breast Screening team, promoting and encouraging participation in screening across a wide a diverse population. This is an 18 month post, and may be offered as a fixed term contract or a secondment opportunity. The post holder will be working across the Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley areas, attending health promotion events, visiting GP practices, volunteer groups and other stakeholders. Travel expenses will be compensated. On occasion, events may be held in the evenings or weekends, so some flexibility is essential. The post holder will work within the Breast Screening team, alongside our newly appointed Breast Screening Uptake Officer, but will also need to be able to manage their own workload., Contribute to the increase in uptake and coverage for Breast Screening Contribute to a reduction in non-responders and DNAs for screening and assessment., 1. Contribute to the increase in uptake and coverage for screening by telephoning identified nonresponders (if required and where applicable) for example, those who have been called for the first time and have not attended, looking for ways to support attendance and undertakes surveys or audits to assess effectiveness of different aspects of the service. 2. Contribute to a reduction in non-responders and DNAs for screening and assessment, if required and applicable 3. Proactively contact participants (where applicable) who have been called for the first time, to ask if they are intending to attend screening. Offer information and support if required or obtain an understanding as to the reasons why if they are not planning to attend. 4. In collaboration with the Programme Manager/Office Manager, use site specific uptake data and demographic data to develop an understanding of the population groups not attending for screening i.e. those from protected characteristic groups and the barriers that those population groups face in accessing screening services. 5. Provide help to participants such as giving detail behind correspondence/helping the participant understand the information they are given, offering emotional support, reminding the client of appointments and rearranging them on the client's behalf if necessary. 6. Answer queries in relation to their appointment, finding advice from appropriate source where needed 7. Provide comprehensive and effective health promotion support in identifying, developing and implementing specific approaches in relation to screening to raise awareness of and to increase uptake and coverage rates. 8. Gather evidence on why the local eligible population choose not to attend/participate in cancer screening 9. Work closely with GP practices and to liaise with health care professionals and voluntary organisations in organising promotional information and events in promoting breast screening for hard to reach groups e.g. disabilities, Black and Ethnic Minority Communities. 10. Target lower uptake practices for breast screening; to drive uptake up and to increase the number of people who attend. 11. Supporting the Programme Manager/Office Manager to maintain an accurate recording system to monitor performance, to demonstrate trends and to analyse information in compiling detailed reports., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

Some experience of health promotion or Breast Screening would be an advantage, but full training will be given. A key aspect of the role involves daily and direct (e.g. face to face and telephone) communication with participants/clients, relatives, carers, and other health and social care professionals. The information and nature of the communication required is sensitive due to the nature of screening for cancer. Communication in this context requires a high degree of empathy, understanding, diplomacy, honesty and integrity and for this reason post holder will have excellent communication skills and be willing to undertake on-going training and development.,

• Level 3 Health or Social Care qualification or equivalent (e.g. NVQ or similar)
• ECDL or equivalent
• GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above
Desirable criteria
• Level 4 Health or Social Care Qualification (e.g. Foundation degree)
• Evidence of continued role development, Demonstrable experience working in a public facing role, Previous medical secretarial or administrative experience, Understands confidentiality
• A knowledge of the principles of screening and informed consent
• A knowledge of breast screening, Essential criteria
• The ability to liaise with a variety of people at all levels
• Efficient in the use of Microsoft packages- Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and the internet
• Ability to produce clear written reports
• Possess excellent communication skills - ability to communicate verbally and non-verbally with people daily
• Effective organisational skills
• Ability to work across a variety of sites across the Breast Screening catchment areas
• Able to work on own initiative and work without supervision
• Able to communicate with a range of people, demonstrating empathy and understanding
• Ability to analyse use of resources against requirements
• Good problem-solving skills
• Flexible and adaptable in approach, An interest in screening and health promotion is essential
• Ability to travel independently across the area of the programme essential
  
  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., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.