Guidance

Bowel cancer screening: specialist screening practitioner

Education and training requirements for specialist screening practitioners in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme (BCSP).

• From: NHS England
• Published: 1 August 2012
• Last updated: 4 October 2024 — See all updates

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Guidance on education and training requirements for specialist screening practitioners

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Induction and orientation for SSPs

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Induction and orientation — a record of progress review meetings

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Consent for colonoscopy — competence assessment for SSPs

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Endoscopy — competence assessment for SSPs

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Supplying bowel preparation — competence assessment for SSPs

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Telephone results clinic — competence assessment for SSPs

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Face to face results clinic — competence assessment for SSPs

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Positive assessment clinic — competence assessment for SSPs

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This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

This information supports specialist screening practitioners (SSPs) working in the BCSP to fulfil their requirements for the role.

All SSPs must complete:

• a taught academic module
• clinical practice learning
• advanced communication training

SSPs and screening centres should familiarise themselves with the guidance relating to education and training requirements for SSPs. This includes information about the formal study requirement.

SSPs are expected to work through assessment of core practice skills by direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS).

The DOPS documents provided should be completed by each SSP to support evidence of clinical practice learning.

Published 1 August 2012
Last updated 4 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 4 October 2024

   Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

2. 21 April 2021

   Fixed some broken links in section 3.3: Assessing practice competences.

3. 20 March 2020

   Revised and updated guidance.

4. 1 August 2012

   First published.