Screening Administrator

Job overview

We are seeking a Screening Administrator to join the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team of highly motivated, professional staff who take pride in providing excellent services for our patients.

The post holder will work under the supervision of the programme manager and will provide the highest standard of care for patients participating in the national Bowel Cancer Screening programme.

The Post holder will be responsible for all aspects of clerical duties within screening and will be required to complete an online course to enable them to use the BCSS system within Open Exeter.  The post holder will also be required to record patients on tracking systems and adhere to standard operational policies within the department.

Main duties of the job

Deal with telephone queries, filtering and redirecting calls as necessary and taking messages in an efficient and courteous manner.

Book colonoscopy appointments for FIT positive patients to meet cancer faster diagnosis waiting times.

Prepare agenda’s, take minutes, transcribe, and circulate minutes to appropriate staff

Work closely with the hub and nurses to ensure appropriate booking of appointments to meet faster diagnosis waiting times

Input data into the BCSS and other local data bases as required

When required assist with short notice rescheduling of clinics and colon lists

Assist with booking surveillance patients in line with surveillance protocols

Assist with booking Rescope patients in line with Rescope protocols

Build working relationships with key staff both internally within the screening centre and externally across all multidisciplinary teams

Produce performance data regarding achievements of national targets

Produce reports for discussion at the weekly team and quarterly clinical bowel screening meetings

Through attendance at team meetings maintain active knowledge of the work, roles and objectives of the team in order to deliver, understand and respond to queries.

Maintain patient confidentiality in all aspects of data handling either written or verbally.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.