Job summary
- Main area
- Greater Nottingham Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7174184
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ropewalk House
- Town
- Nottingahm
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Screener / Grader
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Surgery & Associated Services, Care Group for a Band 6 Senior Screener working within the Diabetic Eye Screening Service. The post is full time 37.5 hours per week based at Ropewalk House in Nottingham City Centre.
You should be able to work both as part of a team and independently and present excellent communication and interpersonal skills within the multidisciplinary team. You will be responsible for ensuring adequate screening and grading capacity, staff meet training, education and competency compliance, work to internal governance requirements and work in line with National Quality Assurance Standards. You will be required to work closely with various NUH, DES colleagues and other external organisations.
Applicants must demonstrate excellent planning and organisational skills along with confident decision making and effective problem solving, we encourage you to speak up regarding new ideas and support development. We expect you to be enthusiastic, have a can do attitude and be motivated in a supportive environment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with the specialty management team for Ophthalmology to deliver the Trust vision of “we will be known for our pursuit of outstanding health outcomes and excellent patient and staff experience.”
To assist the Programme Manager to develop and lead the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme across the Greater Nottingham region. They will support the day-to-day operational management of the local programme.
The aim of the Greater Nottingham Diabetic Eye Screening Programme is to reduce the risk of sight loss amongst people with diabetes by the prompt identification and effective treatment if necessary of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy, at the appropriate stage during the disease process
Responsibilities include:
Support smooth running of screening sessions
Ensuring screening and grading capacity
Compliance of workforce with education and training requirement
Compliance with internal governance requirements
To address health inequalities and to ensure equity of access to screening people with protected characteristics in the population
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Leadership
Provide strong, visible leadership within the service as part of a multidisciplinary team.
To drive through the delivery of ambitious targets to continually improve performance within the service.
To provide operational expertise and management support to all members of the service.
Coach, hold teams to account and be clear about what is expected to be successful in achieving the Trusts vision.
Screening & Grading
Carry out grading in line with National Grading Criteria – Arbitration, Referral Outcome Grading green queue.
Complete 10 Test & Training sets per year in line with National Guidance
To carry out visual acuity testing and administer prescribed eye drops to patients in accordance with trust policy and national guidelines.
To photograph diabetic patients in the community and hospital, using a non-mydriatic camera
Identify any patients where there is progression of diabetic eye disease or deterioration of vision, and decide on an appropriate management pathway for the patient.
Provide an efficient and safe service to the patients
Service Delivery
Develop with support of the Programme Manage appropriate systems and processes alongside Failsafe, Administration teams, and the Programme Management team to ensure operational effectiveness of specialties across a number of key performance indicators including access targets and finance.
Develop and review plans to achieve patient access targets at service level
Ensure Administration teams are active in developing their own processes to support continued service delivery and improvements.
Support the Programme Manager to identify the impact of changes to services or increases in services on resources and negotiate changes in resource where appropriate.
Where identified communicate and implement process changes in services to Screeners, Graders and Administrative & Clerical Staff.
Support the Programme Manager in using activity information and actively manage demand and capacity.
To manage and monitor changes to the administrative systems of the service (e.g. ESR).
In the Programme Managers absence provide operational expertise and support to service users and stakeholders such as advising CCGs, commissioners and other services.
Contribute to the business planning process at service level by supporting the Programme Manager to provide activity information to support the service planning process.
Assist in the production of business cases and where appropriate assist with project management for service development.
Demonstrate to external quality assurance bodies that the programme is run effectively and meets all quality assurance standards.
Grade retinal images according to the national grading criteria. (Subject to training)
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Diabetic Eye Screening Programme and quality assurance national standards.
- Completed the City & Guilds level 3 Diploma in Diabetic Retinopathy or Health Screening Diploma in Retinopathy Screening
- Educated in GCSE English, Maths, Science
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Undertaken a relevant Leadership course/training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the national agenda and the national service specification and the national diabetic eye screening programme
- Experience of using diabetic eye screening software.
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of giving presentations
- Evidence of multitasking and prioritising workload
- Experience of leading people through change
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a team and independently, including multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrable experience of writing reports and procedures
- Exceptional communication regarding patient care
- Ability to communicate with staff and patients who have experienced sensory loss i.e. hearing or visual impaired
- Able to deal with conflict and manage difficult conversations effectively
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to self-direct and use initiative
- Must be committed to delivering a quality service.
- Carrying out audits and producing data for analysis
- Diplomatic
- Understanding of clinical governance - health & safety, risk register and incidents on the DATIX system
- High level of skills and accuracy in data analysis and manipulating data using spreadsheets, importing & exporting data from a variety of database management systems
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent planning and organisation skills
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to move equipment from base to screening site
- Ability to carry props such as banner stands and other material for promotional and educational events
- Patient manual handling
- Demonstrate skills in diabetic eye screening techniques
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marc Thorley
- Job title
- Speciality General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812275530
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