Job summary
NEC Care, part of the NEC Health division, delivers the national diabetic eye screening programme. Our mission, vision and values are to provide people-centric services that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of those we serve by working to achieve excellence in service delivery.
South West London (SWL) DESP provides retinal screening clinics and image grading to people with diabetes in the boroughs of South West London. We are commissioned by Public Health England to provide retinal screening on behalf of the NHS and our service is compliant with the National Service Framework (NSF) and National Screening Committee (NSC) guidance, standards and objectives.
An opportunity has arisen to join the South West London eye screening programme. We are particularly looking for someone to join the screening team to cover clinics in either the Teddington, Merton and Surbiton areas.
Main duties of the job
Our screeners are at the heart of NEC Care, spending their time on the ground, helping our patients to live longer healthier lives. As one of our retinal screeners, you'll run local clinics to see our service users and photograph their eyes to assess for diabetic retinopathy. We need you to be empathetic and able to talk to people about their health and eye images on a daily basis. In this role, you will be supported whilst undertaking training, but once that is completed will be working largely unsupervised in a sometimes pressured environment, so a cool head is essential! All in all, we want you to be customer and people focused, caring about our service users and being passionate about delivering an exceptional service at all times.
This role will be mainly based in the Teddington, Merton or Surbiton area, working weekdays and potentially some Saturdays, with core work hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm on any given day that is worked. This is a permanent, full time post and the successful candidate will be working 37.5 hours across 5 days per week. On occasion there may also be the need to cover clinics further afield across South West London.
About us
Come join us and make a difference in the world!
Were NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.
Working with us, youll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of whats possible and support amazing public services.
We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.
Wed love your help. And well support you all the way.
Discover more atwww.necsws.com
Job description
Job responsibilities
NEC Care, part of the NEC Health division, delivers the national diabetic eye screening programme. Our mission, vision and values are to provide people-centric services that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of those we serve by working to achieve excellence in service delivery.
South West London (SWL) DESP provides retinal screening clinics and image grading to people with diabetes in the boroughs of South West London. We are commissioned by Public Health England to provide retinal screening on behalf of the NHS and our service is compliant with the National Service Framework (NSF) and National Screening Committee (NSC) guidance, standards and objectives.
An opportunity has arisen to join the South West London eye screening programme. We are particularly looking for someone to join the screening team to cover clinics in either the Teddington, Merton and Surbiton areas.
Our screeners are at the heart of NEC Care, spending their time on the ground, helping our patients to live longer healthier lives. As one of our retinal screeners, you'll run local clinics to see our service users and photograph their eyes to assess for diabetic retinopathy. We need you to be empathetic and able to talk to people about their health and eye images on a daily basis. In this role, you will be supported whilst undertaking training, but once that is completed will be working largely unsupervised in a sometimes pressured environment, so a cool head is essential! All in all, we want you to be customer and people focused, caring about our service users and being passionate about delivering an exceptional service at all times.
This role will be mainly based in the Teddington, Merton or Surbiton area, working weekdays and potentially some Saturdays, with core work hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm on any given day that is worked. This is a permanent, full time post and the successful candidate will be working 37.5 hours across 5 days per week. On occasion there may also be the need to cover clinics further afield across South West London.
Job description
Job responsibilities
NEC Care, part of the NEC Health division, delivers the national diabetic eye screening programme. Our mission, vision and values are to provide people-centric services that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of those we serve by working to achieve excellence in service delivery.
South West London (SWL) DESP provides retinal screening clinics and image grading to people with diabetes in the boroughs of South West London. We are commissioned by Public Health England to provide retinal screening on behalf of the NHS and our service is compliant with the National Service Framework (NSF) and National Screening Committee (NSC) guidance, standards and objectives.
An opportunity has arisen to join the South West London eye screening programme. We are particularly looking for someone to join the screening team to cover clinics in either the Teddington, Merton and Surbiton areas.
Our screeners are at the heart of NEC Care, spending their time on the ground, helping our patients to live longer healthier lives. As one of our retinal screeners, you'll run local clinics to see our service users and photograph their eyes to assess for diabetic retinopathy. We need you to be empathetic and able to talk to people about their health and eye images on a daily basis. In this role, you will be supported whilst undertaking training, but once that is completed will be working largely unsupervised in a sometimes pressured environment, so a cool head is essential! All in all, we want you to be customer and people focused, caring about our service users and being passionate about delivering an exceptional service at all times.
This role will be mainly based in the Teddington, Merton or Surbiton area, working weekdays and potentially some Saturdays, with core work hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm on any given day that is worked. This is a permanent, full time post and the successful candidate will be working 37.5 hours across 5 days per week. On occasion there may also be the need to cover clinics further afield across South West London.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Who you'll be?
- We want to make sure you are set for success; This isn't all about your skills and that is why we would love to talk to you even if perhaps you don't fit all the below:
- Customer focused with brilliant interpersonal skills
- willingness to learn - as we'll put you through the necessary qualification
- organised and able to prioritise tasks
- good problem-solving skills
- able to work under pressure
- any previous experience working with the public is ideal
- minimum of 5 GCSEs including grades A-C in English, Maths, and a Science subject or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to join the healthcare sector, with little to no experience, has a great sense of customer service and great interpersonal skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Who you'll be?
- We want to make sure you are set for success; This isn't all about your skills and that is why we would love to talk to you even if perhaps you don't fit all the below:
- Customer focused with brilliant interpersonal skills
- willingness to learn - as we'll put you through the necessary qualification
- organised and able to prioritise tasks
- good problem-solving skills
- able to work under pressure
- any previous experience working with the public is ideal
- minimum of 5 GCSEs including grades A-C in English, Maths, and a Science subject or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to join the healthcare sector, with little to no experience, has a great sense of customer service and great interpersonal skills.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
