Diabetic Screener/Photographer

Main area Diabetic Eye Screening Grade Band 2 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (ending 12 months from the start date) Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 293-EMRS1-0450

Site Across North East London Town London Salary £29,583 pro rata p.a. incl. Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59

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Job overview

We are looking for a Retinal Screener / Photographer for our Diabetic Eye Screening Programme in North East London area (City and Hackney, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

The post-holder will deliver a consistently high quality care for the service for the patient with diabetes. The role requires you to work unsupervised within a community based environment; you will be working in a team with team leaders support.

Diabetes is the most common chronic illness affecting people in East London. The detection and early treatment of diabetes-associated problems can prevent disability and premature death. The Diabetes Eye Screening Service aims to detect and offer early treatment to people
with diabetes who are developing sight threatening eye disease.

***ADVERT MAY CLOSE EARLY DUE TO HIGH APPLICATIONS***

Main duties of the job

The post holder will already have an easy rapport with people and have good organisational skills. You will be someone who enjoys patient contact, and who can make a clinic visit a positive experience for anyone with diabetes and will work on a one to one basis with patients for much of the day and will be responsible for both examining and gathering information from patients to support the clinical assessment of whether or not diabetes eye disease is present.

You will need no prior skill in diabetes eye screening and will be trained by us. This training will include the use of eye screening software initially and later on using the retinal camera. In time the post holder is expected to enrol in, and then to undertake the Health Screening Diploma, supported by local training and mentoring. When fully trained you will be expected to rotate between screener, photographer and receptionist roles, and at times undertaking database entry.

Screener Photographers will have a main base where they are predominantly located, but must be flexible, and able to work across any other screening location as required by the service.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of \”Outstanding\” from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard\’s Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

• Customer care skills
• Basic IT skills
• Experience in patient / customer focused roles
• NHS Experience
• Previous patient care experience
• Basic understanding of diabetic Retinopathy

Trust Values

• Demonstrating an understanding of Trust Values

G eneral Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the \”Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application\” under \”Additional Documentation\” before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Michelle Ford Job title Deputy Operations Manager Email address Telephone number 07743 235985 Additional information

If you wish to visit the Eye Screening Department for an informal visit please contact the Operations Manager, Mr Adeel Kassam via email.

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