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Job summary

Main area
Retinal screening
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours to be worked between 0800 and 2000 Monday to Saturday, in accordance with service need.)
Job ref
287-OPHT-12-25
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool & North Mersey Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, Royal Liverpool
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/03/2025 23:59

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Retinal Screener

Band 3

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Retinal Screener to join our progressive team at Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. 

You will be based within the Eye Screening Department and work as part of a multidisciplinary team. 

Your duties will include performing ophthalmic photography delivered to the retinal screening services at various locations throughout the Liverpool & North Mersey Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. 

We are looking for a reliable person who is able to pay close and accurate attention to detail.  You must also demonstrate excellent communication skills, a caring manner with all ages and abilities and be able to empathise with and support patients and team members.  Previous experience of working in an ophthalmic environment is desirable. 

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Nicola Boult (Screener Grader Manager) on 0151 706 4103.

Main duties of the job

To provide photographic screening to the diabetic population in Liverpool & North Mersey.

To measure visual acuity, perform pupillary dilation and acquire images for the retinal screening service.

To enter clinical information onto the Optomize system.

To comply with NDESP standards.

To ensure NDESP screening standards are met by the programme.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. 

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

 For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Key responsibilities

 

A.    Follow LNMDESP, Liverpool University Hospitals Trust and National Screening Committee policies and protocols at all times.

 

B.    Act at all times as a responsible member of the screening team, showing respect and consideration for co-workers, patients and visitors

 

C.   Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date and competent in the skills required for this post, including undertaking the Health Screeners Diploma

 

D.   Be personally responsible for ensuring that equipment is maintained at community screening site and is in full working order. As part of the team the screener will be expected to take responsibility for the regular maintenance and upkeep of all the screening equipment and for the routine ordering of relevant items. Identify faults and take appropriate steps to remedy them.

 

E.    Drive screening van to community sites when required, to maintain stock, unload and set up screening equipment. Driving will be subject to holding a clean drivers licence and, after training, to pass a driving competency assessment. Lifting and handling training will be given according to LNMDESP and Trust protocols

 

F.    Provide a safe environment for all visitors and patients attending the primary care based screening base, Trust premises or any other area in which they are expected to work

 

G.   Ensure that the patient understands the process and is fully prepared for screening.

 

H.   Assess and record patients’ visual acuity

 

I.      Instil mydriatic eye dops as per LNMDESP Standard Operating Procedures

 

J.     Complete necessary paperwork and /or complete mandatory fields using the capture station software

 

E.    Perform fundus photography according to the LNMDESP protocols using an indirect view, infra-red focus fundus camera and digital imaging system. Photography will be subject to quality assurance (QA) review quarterly.

 

F.    Provide patients with both written and verbal information about diabetic eye     disease and diabetic eye screening

 

G.   Demonstrate own activities or workplace routines to new or less experienced employees in their own work area

 

H.   Suggest changes to improve services within the screening programme

 

I.      Act at all times as a responsible member of the screening team, showing respect and consideration for co-workers, patients and visitors

 

 Clinical Governance / Quality

 

 

Staff working within Diabetic Eye Screening are encourage to undertake Voluntary Registration with the AHCS with a view to future professional registration

 

 Education and training development

 

All clinic based screening staff required to undertake and pass the mandatory units for their role of the Health Screeners Diploma, unless already qualified in C&G Diabetic Eye Screening Diploma.

All staff are required to keep up to date with Trust Mandatory Training Units

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE grade C (or equivalent) or above in english, mathematics and science
Desirable criteria
  • Achieved City & Guilds level 3 diabetic eye screening qualification or relevant modules of the level 3 diploma for health screeners
  • Relevant qualification at level 3 Certificate in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening 7359 (VRQ Level 3) or equivalent knowledge

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience working in a healthcare environment
  • IT skills and experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in an ophthalmic environment

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team, undertake own workload, manage time and cope with the pressures of a busy department
  • The ability to communicate effectively with staff and patients, including patients with learning / communication difficulties and deal with sensitive / unpleasant situations
  • Ensure accuracy, clinical precision and attention to detail, filing test results appropriately
  • Professional manner
  • Show a caring and sensitive approach to dealing with the elderly, infirm and visually impaired patients

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Recognise limitations of own clinical competence and seek support from senior staff
  • Understand and accept the need to main confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of digital photography

Other

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to work flexibly and at other sites when required
  • Willing to travel to community clinics
  • Good colour vision as assessed by the Ishihara test
  • Ability and willingness to undertake further training as necessary
  • Able to work the hours required, maintaining a flexible approach to working patterns
Desirable criteria
  • Clean driving licence and access to a car

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nicola Boult
Job title
Screener / Grader Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 706 4103
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