Retinal Screening Photographer

Job summary

1 Full time ( hours per week) post to work between North and North East Lincolnshire, based primarily in Brigg/Scunthorpe/Grimsby, with occasional travel to Hull and East Riding screening venues.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated person to join the Humber Diabetic Eye Screening Programme as a Retinal Screening Photographer. The successful applicant will work with the Diabetic Eye screening team and be responsible for providing visual acuity examinations and digital photography during diabetic eye screening successful applicant will be given full in house training to ensure they are competent to administer patient eye drops and perform a visual acuity test in preparing the patient for digital photography.

The successful applicant will also be given full training to perform digital photography of the patient's retina in a dark environment within an office or mobile unit. Excellent patient management during clinics is essential to ensure a timely screening process.

The successful candidate must hold a current and full driving license and will be expected to undertake a trust driving assessment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to work towards and complete a Health Screener Diploma in Retinal Screening.

You will be supported to complete training requirements and the NHS Screener diploma with an allocated mentor/Assessor.

The 4 mandatory units of the Health Screener Diploma are to be completed within 4 months of appointment to work independently, with the remainder of the qualification to be completed within 2 years of appointment to post. If you terminate your employment with the Trust during a programme of study, or up to 1 year following completion, you may be required to reimburse the Trust's contribution towards course fees. The final reimbursement figure will be determined after considering the benefits afforded to service to Trust is undergoing service transformations and review, therefore there may be a requirement in future for weekend work. The successful candidate must be able to travel to their base of work, travel expenses are not provided.

The post is an excellent opportunity to join an award-nominated, efficient and cost effective department that focuses on developing its personnel whilst providing excellent quality patient care.Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills, together with an ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly under pressure to achieve deadlines.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of general education to GCSE level including Maths and English Language

Desirable

Diabetic Retinal Screening Qualification or working towards

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a patient/public-facing environment

Experience of using Microsoft Office

Polite telephone manner and excellent interpersonal skills

Comfortable taking individual responsibility but aware limits of competence

Desirable

Previous experience of working within a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

Knowledge of diabetic retinopathy screening pathway

Knowledge of Optimize and Retinal Screening Systems

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Essential

Ability to prioritise workload to tight deadlines without supervision and on own initiative

Ability to work within and understanding of data protection and the need for confidentiality at all times

Knowledge of data Protection act.

Desirable

Knowledge of Fundus camera equipment