About the role

Role: Nurse
This role will be fundamental to the delivery and running of a high quality and effective Lung Cancer Screening service which will identify asymptomatic people, providing early diagnosis of both lung cancer and other lung diseases.

The overall purpose of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme is to enable the early detection of lung cancer to save lives. The Lung Cancer Screening Service has been implemented throughout the UK in areas identified with high disease prevalence where significant impact can be made from the recognition of early-stage lung cancer & offering curative treatment.

Our nursing teams provide a 7-day service with bank holiday working included across all programmes. Candidates must be adaptable around mobile working and willing to work 12-hour shift patterns as our standard working pattern.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide virtual and face to face nurse led clinics; assessing patients against set risk criteria and referring on to Low-Dose CT as required for patients assessed as high risk.
• Demonstrate and deliver excellent nursing skills in respiratory assessment and provide smoking cessation nursing advice delivered as part of the Lung Cancer Screening.
• Ability to provide health promotion integral to the delivery of lung cancer screening.
• Identify and act accordingly to raise any potential safeguarding concerns.
• Identify and act accordingly to manage any patients presenting with red flags or potential medical emergencies.
• Maintain IRMER accreditation which will be provided during induction (to refer to Low-Dose CT).
• Where your role requires it, to attain and maintain ARTP accreditation level (to provide spirometry).
• Work autonomously engaging with the wider Lung Cancer Screening teams as needed in the pathway.
• Support the Team Lead with all essential clinical administration duties relevant to support the role and effective running of the programme.

You will

• First level registered Nurse.
• Minimum of two years’ experience at Band 5 in respiratory nursing.
• Evidence of ongoing professional and personal development.
• Have excellent communication skills – written, verbal and listening.
• Have good IT skills, comfortable on a number of different software packages.
• Value diversity and difference, operate with integrity and openness.
• Willing to undertake further training to support professional development of Lung Cancer Screening nurse and meet bespoke needs required by the service commissioned.
• Have a clean driving license.

What's in it for you

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Generous company contribution pension scheme
• Sick pay for peace of mind, so you can rest and recover without financial worry
• Private medical insurance options
• Life assurance
• Hybrid and flexible working opportunities
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities
• 24/7 access to a dedicated well-being hub and Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced parental leave
• Monthly award programme and online peer-to-peer recognition
• Long service recognition, with vouchers and additional annual leave
• Refer a friend bonus
• Discounts on our healthcare services
• Smart tech, Cycle to Work, and thousands of discounts and cashback options
• For eligible* roles - an additional payment of £10 per hour, up to £50 per day, for each weekend day worked - paid monthly in arrears
• Paid-for professional memberships and more!

Supporting our people’s happiness at work is a top priority. That means offering meaningful opportunities for personal and professional growth, with an innovative approach to development that helps you be the best version of yourself and build a real career pathway.

* This includes colleagues delivering face to face patient care in the Lung screening mobile units, Endoscopy, AAA Screening, Breast Screening, PET-CT, Audiology, Mobiles, Imaging Centres and CDC’s. Note that this payment is not applicable to clinical staff working within the Echocardiography division, or Diabetic Eye Screening. The Weekend Payment does not apply to those on a flexible working agreement and part time workers that have requested to work weekend hours/days as part of their working agreement. The Weekend Payment also doesn’t apply to those who are working remotely or carrying out administrative work from home.

About us
InHealth is the UK’s largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions, working in partnership with the NHS for more than 30 years to make healthcare better for more than 5 million patients each year.

For clinical colleagues, that means delivering high-quality care within modern settings, with state-of-the-art equipment across a wide range of community, hospital and mobile settings.

With flexibility, strong learning and development opportunities, and the chance to support people at important moments in their healthcare journey, you can build a rewarding career while making a real difference locally and nationally.

InHealth is a place where you're trusted to do your job well, supported by people who value your expertise and give you the space to act on it. Teams show up for each other, leaders back your judgment and help remove blockers rather than create them.

New opportunities open as we grow - whether that's progressing, moving sideways or taking on something different as your strengths evolve. And everything we do is focussed on making healthcare better - for patients, partners and the people delivering care.