248571 (AP) Cervical Screening Officer

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among its workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

AFC Band 3 Salary

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

Qualification

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

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

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Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check 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.