Improving Screening Uptake Officer in Liverpool

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Liverpool Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/09/2026 23:59

Improving Screening Uptake Officer

Band 5

Job overview

An exciting oppunrtunity has arisen to work within the Breast Screening Team based at Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust. This role aims to support improved uptake rates to breast screening and reduce unwarranted variation in uptake by different population groups – to reduce health inequalities. The role will also be the first point of contact for GP practices and community groups, provide comprehensive
advice and support for health care professionals and wider organisations to improve the uptake of breast screening.
As an Improving Uptake Officer in breast screening, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service and supporting programme managers and screening staff across the breast screening programme.

Main duties of the job

• Liaise directly with healthcare colleagues in Primary Care (GP practices and PCN’s), community groups and Place colleagues (ICB and local authority) to improve the uptake of breast screening particularly by population groups vulnerable to low participation in screening.
• Promote uptake of breast screening directly to the eligible population at health promotion events/webinars held across the programme geography.
• Support eligible individuals to navigate the screening pathway – particularly those who may require reasonable adjustments to address any barriers to access.
• Use screening programme data to identify GP practices with low uptake rates and work directly with colleagues in these practices, e.g. Care Coordinators and Care Navigators, to support more individuals to take up the offer of screening.
• Identify reasons for non-attendance across the screening programme and discuss with the programme team any changes that may help address these in order to support improved uptake rates.
• Maintain an up to date and accurate record of work undertaken to improve uptake.
• Be a member of the Improving Uptake in Screening Workers network to share learning/ideas and best practice across programmes.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Improving quality and outcomes

• To be an integrated member of the breast screening team and wider service who actively initiates new, and contributes to existing, improving uptake projects (by the breast screening service or local partners), ensuring that a quality service is provided to all
  service users.
• Focuses on reducing health inequalities by developing and contributing to interventions – by the service and external partners – to improve uptake of screening by groups vulnerable to non-participation.
• Actively supports the screening team and contributes to achieving key performance indicators.
• Actively engages with system partners to improve screening uptake, providing key knowledge of the screening programme.
• Uses evidence and learns from best practice across the region and further afield (including other screening programmes) to inform work.
• Continually maintains records to be able to produce timely quarterly Screening Uptake reports and end of year reports which contribute to the overall service annual report.

Breast Screening Programme Specific Priorities
Key priorities for the Improving Uptake Officer in breast screening include;

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