Diabetic Eye Screener/Grader

Job summary

We are recruiting a Diabetic Eye Screener/grader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

To work within the Herts and West Essex Diabetic Eye Screening Programme to deliver diabetic eye screening for patients in the Herts and West Essex area to the highest standards of quality and care.

Previous photographic and/or diagnostic imaging experience is desirable.

We will consider applications for a Trainee Diabetic eye screener, where Agenda for Change conditions will apply.

You will be required to work Evening and weekend hours in this role.

In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,121 per annum pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out accurate visual acuity testing of patients.

Correctly administer anaesthetic and dilation eye drops prior to retinal photography according to departmental protocol

To be aware of the possible undesirable effects of dilating drops, and to provide patient education regarding these.

To take high quality and correctly aligned photographs, guiding eye position using external fixation where possible.

Accurate grading of images according to screening programme requirements sending results to patients and their GPs as directed by the clinical lead.

To deal with patients sympathetically and tactfully whilst maintaining confidentiality.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Hertford County Hospital

North Road

Hertford

SG14 1LP

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Hertford County Hospital

North Road

Hertford

SG14 1LP

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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