Band 5 Health Inequalities Facilitator-HUB | Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Role Overview

We are advertising a new and an exciting role as a Band 5 Breast Screening Health Inequalities Facilitator within the London Breast Screening Administration Hub (Hub), based within our Edgware Community Hospital site.

The key aim of this role will be to support the Health Inequality Lead and work collaboratively with the screening services to deploy an evidence-based framework towards the common aim of increasing uptake for breast screening in London to 70%.

The Hub is a centralised administrative service supporting the 6 Breast Screening services of London with an eligible population of 1.3 million clients.

The post holder will work within the London Breast Screening Administration Hub (Hub) health inequalities team under the leadership and direction of the Health Inequalities Lead.

The Hub health inequalities team will be responsible for encouraging and improving London uptake within breast screening, alongside reducing health inequalities in the eligible screening population. Supporting work to identify inequalities and interventions that can improve access and reduce inequalities for women by implementing the national breast screening strategy.

The Breast Screening Health Inequalities Facilitator will be responsible for collating and providing comprehensive strategic data alongside health equity audits to support and facilitate the implementation of a regional data‑driven health strategy plan to tackle inequalities and improve breast screening uptake.

Responsibilities include:

• Identifying reasons for women not attending for breast screening.
• Supporting eligible women to navigate through the screening pathway.
• Targeting prevalent women in low uptake GP practices to increase the number of women who attend.

This work will contribute to:

• Earlier diagnosis
• Effective treatment packages
• Saving lives

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.