Diabetic Eye Screener/Grader
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
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Job summary
This is an opportunity to join Cornwall's Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme whose centre is based at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro. The Programme screens over 35,000 patients each year in 90 locations throughout Cornwall in GP practices, community hospitals, and in a mobile screening unit. Patients' retinae are screened using specialist ophthalmic cameras to capture digital photographs of the back of the eye to detect diabetic retinopathy. Images then undergo a stringent primary, secondary and tertiary grading process and those with retinopathy are referred into specialist ophthalmic clinics for a course of treatment. This role will cover South East Cornwall predominantly with flexibility to cover other areas around Cornwall when required, head office is RCHT with a travel base of Bodmin/Liskeard.
Main duties of the job
To prevent the development of blindness through the early detection and treatment of diabetic retinopathy by providing a high quality systematic screening and grading service throughout Cornwall.
About us
Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.
Update - NHS employees/applicants of frontline posts at the Royal Cornwall Trust are no longer required to be fully vaccinated against COVID by 1 April 2022. This is pending the public consultation and Parliamentary review announced by the government. We may however request immunisation status but this will not impact working with the Trust.
Date posted
30 May 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£22,549 to £24,882 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
156-4241746
Job locations
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Truro
TR1 3LJ
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Address
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Truro
TR1 3LJ
Employer's website
https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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