Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: The candidate is expected to work from 4-5 different clinic location - Some Evening or Saturday working will be required. / If the Candidate does not have the full HSD screening qualification, they may be recruited as a trainee band 4 at 70% of the salary and once their qualification is completed, they will go on to full salary.
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The candidate is expected to work from 4-5 different clinic location - Some Evening or Saturday working will be required. / If the Candidate does not have the full HSD screening qualification, they may be recruited as a trainee band 4 at 70% of the salary and once their qualification is completed, they will go on to full salary.)
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-8040740
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £33,262 - £36,027 Including Outer HCAS, pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetic Eye Screening Programme Screener/Grader
NHS AfC: Band 4
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
To run retinal screening clinics for patients with diabetes in North Central London (NCL) and that they receive a high quality systematic screening, grading.
Patients will range from those with learning difficulties and dementia to those who are highly informed of their medical condition, from young persons in their early teens to patients in late old age, from those who are highly articulate to those who have little ability to conduct a conversation in English. All patients must be dealt with in the same professional manner.
As this programme is multi-centered, the post holder will support the programme in various settings, therefore travel will be involved. Grading takes place at the North Middlesex site. The post holder will also be expected to work at out of hours clinics (evenings and Saturdays).
The candidate is expected to work from 4-5 different clinic location - Some Evening or Saturday working will be required.
If the Candidate does not have the full HSD screening qualification, they may be recruited as a trainee band 4 at 70% of the salary and once their qualification is completed, they will go on to full salary. The service will enroll them on the course and provide support for them to complete their qualification.
Main duties of the job
· Develop and provide a professional level of customer service for the department.
· Respond to enquiries in a friendly, professional and courteous manner, resolving issues where possible or escalating to an appropriate team member when required.
· Communicate effectively and use appropriate interpersonal skills with people both internally and externally, maintaining the professional reputation of the Trust and department at all times.
· Portraying a professional image, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
· To continuously contribute to the progression and development of the chosen department throughout the provision of a high quality service.
Working for our organisation
NHS England commissions RFL - North Middlesex Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to provide eye screening to more than 100,000 patients with diabetes across North Central London. The service covers five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.
Our screening clinics are operated from eight hospital and community sites across the sector, with our administration, management and grading centre based at the North Middlesex Hospital.
The screening programme office has close links with other services on the diabetes pathway and aims to provide an integrated, patient focused service of the highest quality.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide diabetic eye screening on completion of induction, training and competency accreditation in accordance with national guidelines.
This includes:
• Taking and recording diabetic and eye related medical history.
• Assessing and recording patient’s visual acuity.
• Instilling eye drops as prescribed.
• Provide patients with both written and verbal information about diabetic eye disease.
• To Perform fundus photography using a digital imaging system and triage images in an appropriate manner
• To hold the C&G or HSD Level 3 Qualification in Diabetic Eye Screening/ Grading or to work towards its completion.
• To undertake primary grading of images once necessary number of satisfactory supervised grades have been completed and specialist Units of Level 3 Health Screening Diploma (Diabetic Eye) has been achieved.
• To undertake secondary grading of images once approved by the Screening Manager and the Clinical Lead, to ensure that the agreed grading targets are met. These qualitative and quantitative targets will be agreed by the Screening Manager and the Clinical Lead.
• To participate in inter-grader agreement reviews with the Clinical Lead.
• To undertake all Trust Mandatory Training.
• To aim for and complete minimum of 10 Test & Training sets per year to an agreed standard.
• To run Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Clinics by taking OCT images and photographs when needed.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Member of the British Association of Retinal Screening.
Desirable criteria
- Completion of The Level 3 Health Screening Diploma (Diabetic Eye) or working towards its completion.
- European Computer Driving License
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Computer literate, incl. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access. Ability to dispense eye drops if required.
- Excellent interpersonal skills Good communication skills both written and oral.
- Able to motivate and support a team.
- Excellent attention to detail. Able to concentrate for prolonged periods of time.
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexible
- Reliable
- Approachable
- Calm under pressure
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ali Askari
- Job title
- NCL DESP Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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