248571 (AP) Cervical Screening Officer job at Edinburgh Full Time NEW

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AFC Band 3 Salary

Part-Time Post, 20 hours per week (MON-FRI)

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and hard-working individual, to join the cervical screening call recall team. This role supports the cervical screening call recall programme and helps maintain the national cervical screening system to ensure eligible participants are invited and followed up correctly.

The cervical screening call recall team is part of the Public Health Screening and Early Detection team in NHS Lothian Public Health and Health Policy directorate.

Cervical screening is offered across Lothian mainly in GP practices with any specialist services being available at hospital colposcopy clinics.

Key duties

• Monitoring and maintaining accuracy of records and referrals in the national Scottish Cervical Call Recall System known as SCCRS.
• Handle queries from other Call recall teams across Scotland and UK, GP practices, pathology and screening laboratories, colposcopy and other Health care professionals.
• Participate in audit and data reporting
• General admin tasks (emails, telephone calls, meetings)
• Participation in local and national meetings

Skills required

• Experience and knowledge of the national cervical screening programme and SCCRS national database is desirable but not essential.
• Excellent IT (word, excel, SharePoint, Outlook) and communication skills

See Job description and person specification for full details

Qualification

Candidates should be educated to SCQF level 7 e.g. HNC; SVQ 3; and have relevant NHS experience or in similar complex environment.

Information

To arrange an informal discussion or if you have any questions, please contact Alison Milne on [email protected]

Please read the person specification to ensure you meet the essential criteria before applying. (The short list will be based on meeting the essential criteria outlined in the person specification)

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a “regulated role”, your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.