Cancer screening programmes are a unique aspect of the Health Service and play an important role in protecting the health of the population. The uptake in Lancashire across the breast screening programme is below the national average and declining year on year for breast.
- The aim of this role is to target patients in lower uptake practices for breast screening; to drive uptake up and to increase the number of people who receive screening. This will potentially lead to:
- Earlier diagnosis
- Effective treatment packages
- Saving lives
- GP endorsement has been found to increase uptake, therefore the Improving Uptake Officer will work collaboratively on behalf of the breast screening programme, GP practices to encourage GPs and primary care staff to acknowledge the importance of their role and endorsement in screening on uptake.
Educate women on breast awareness and breast screening providing relevant breast screening information.
Support GP practices in helping them target non-attenders.
Continue to implement a communication plan across Lancashire and South Cumbria – including progressing text reminders
Provide feedback reports, evaluation and recommendations as agreed with commissioners
Continue to implement interventions as appropriate to encourage individual to attend for screening based on evidence gathered from the project
Develop a sustainability plan
Development and implementation of a project plan including agreed milestones
Interim and end of year reports to include evaluation and recommendations, service development and improvements made due to recommendations.
Agreed KPIs including number of:
Agreed milestones delivered
Non-attenders by age, clinic, ethnicity, harder to reach groups and postcode
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/