Job overview

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within either of these Trusts, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

The Shropshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre (BCSC) has a rare and exciting opportunity to recruit a full-time Audit Lead and Senior Coordinator to support the continued development of this national programme.

The post-holder will be based at William Farr House at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, however, may be required to work at the service's other screening site, The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. The service currently runs over 6 days, Monday to Saturday, however this may extend to 7-day working as the programme expands.

The post holder will work with partners, to collate, report and interpret data and quality assurance of the Bowel Screening Programme. To set up and manage appropriate business, admin, data collection and quality management systems to ensure the safe and effective operation of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high-level administrative support to the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, ensuring high levels of accuracy, integrity, and smooth day-to-day operations.
• Have a good knowledge of Delivery & Development procedures and policies and update the team on relevant developments and changes.
• Being proficient in utilising Microsoft applications, data analysis methodology and produce mandatory screening reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis that meet the stringent screening requirements
• Ensuring accurate and timely monitoring of all required data for BCSP cancer patients while meeting the data standards for Cancer Waiting Times, National Cancer Audit requirements, BCSP guidelines, and local SOPs.
• Provide line management to the Administration team, you will also provide support to senior members of staff, supporting the Health Improvement Practitioner, Programme Manager and Lead Specialist Screening Practitioners (SSP) also responding to telephone calls from patients, carers and professional staff.
• You will need to concentrate for dealing with complex relationships and managing an evolving and conflicting task list with frequent interruption.

Working for your organisation

Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

The team comprises of a Programme Manager, Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner, Health Improvement Practitioner, Programme Co-ordinator, 5 Admin & Clerical Officers and 13 Specialist Screening Practitioners (SSPs).

The Centre has been managing the screening programme since 2009. This service currently offers diagnostic tests for 50 – 74-year-olds after a positive faecal immunochemical test (FIT), in addition to the regular colonoscopy surveillance of patients with Lynch Syndrome.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.