Skip to main content

This site is independent of the NHS and the Department of Health.

Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Health Improvement Practitioner
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week)
Job ref
190-1280-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hydra House, Hydra Business Park
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/04/2026 23:59
Interview date
15/04/2026

Employer heading

NHS

Health Improvement Practitioner Bowel Screening Programme

NHS AfC: Band 5

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Are you looking for a fresh challenge?  Are you an innovator?  South Yorkshire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is committed to ensuring that everyone across South Yorkshire has a fair and just opportunity to be healthy and have access to the Bowel Screening Programme.

We are seeking a Health Improvement Practitioner. This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual to join our team of highly motivated professional staff who take pride in providing excellent services for our patients.

The role will be an enhancement to the already established Specialist Screening Practitioner's role which covers some aspects of health promotion and will be a continuous support for the Health Improvement Practitioner. 

Main duties of the job

The role will  build the necessary resilience into the Screening Centre team as the programme continues to roll out with age extension and  Lynch Syndrome patients.

The post holder will provide efficient and effective health promotion and will work collaboratively with all health care services and professionals within South Yorkshire.

The post holder will work with people with different ethnicities, learning difficulties, cultures and ages and will be committed to equal opportunities.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

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 that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • Educated to GCSE Grade C/4 or above in English or equivalent experience/ qualifications
  • Qualified to Degree level or Diploma level 4 with additional training and knowledge in Health & Social Care or equivalent experience/ qualifications
  • Ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to learn new software packages
  • Teaching Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of the ability to organise and plan
  • Ability to deal with queries
  • Good Knowledge of the bowel cancer screening programme objectives, priorities and future demands for the service
  • Experience of improving health through community involvement
  • Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection Act
  • Knowledge and understanding of health promotion
  • Experience of delivering health messages via social media platforms, following Trust policies.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of analysing health improvement materials
  • Previous NHS experience
  • Experience using Bowel Cancer Screening software
  • Endoscopy Experience
  • Working in a clinical environment

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Able to work as part of an immediate and wider multidisciplinary team
  • Knowledge of Equal Opportunity policies
  • Excellent organisational Skills
  • Knowledge of potential barriers when communicating with the general public.
  • Ability to present information both written and verbally, and communicate this effectively via Teams or Face to Face.
  • Excellent IT skills, including emails and internet.
  • Ability to work in a rapidly changing, challenging and complex environment.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate
  • Excellent Time Management
  • Flexible and adaptable to working in constantly changing working environments
  • Need to have the ability to move between all areas of South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthStonewall Proud Employers Accreditation is a benchmarking scheme that helps employers assess and improve LGBTQ+ inclusion at work. Trailblazer status recognises organisations leading change with outstanding commitment and impact.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie Askham
Job title
Programme Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2573070
Additional information

Caroline Mitchell - Lead Nurse, [email protected]

Sarah Rose - Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner,  [email protected]

Davina Gregory - Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner, [email protected]

Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies