Senior Screener Grader

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; St Albans; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Screener Grader for their Diabetic Eye Screening Service. The successful candidate will provide high-quality screening and grading, manage junior staff, and ensure adherence to quality standards. This senior role includes training responsibilities and participation in quality assurance audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in retinal grading and imaging techniques required.
• Ability to mentor and manage junior staff is essential.

Responsibilities

• Accurate grading of images at multiple levels.
• Training and mentoring of new screening recruits.
• Managing quality assurance and audit activities.

Skills

Retinal imaging

OCT imaging

Clinical investigation

Higher level retinal grading

Interpretation of OCT images

Job description

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Screener Grader in The Hertfordshire & West Essex Diabetic Eye Screening Service.

This senior post is required to as provide a high quality and comprehensive screening and grading service including: retinal imaging, OCT imaging, clinical investigation, higher level retinal grading, interpretation of OCT images and slit lamp biomicroscopy when suitably trained.

The postholder will also undertake line management of Band 3 and 4 staff working as Screeners and Screener-Graders and will be responsible for undertaking analysis to support the quality assurance and audit within the programme.

• Accurate and rapid grading of images at primary, secondary, arbitration levels,
• Referral Outcome Grading (ROG) feedback to the team at the regular MDT meetings.
• To undertake the monthly EQA grading test (TaT) and participate in the ongoing internal quality assurance of grading standards.
• To train and mentor new screening recruits in all aspects of screening/grading, providing regular 1:1 feedback.
• To be involved in the ongoing audit activities of the screening team.
• To monitor the grading queues to ensure grading is completed and results are notified according to programme standards.
• To undertake RDS and DS screening as required and SLB imaging (once appropriately trained).
• To be trained on the acquisition and interpretation of OCT
• To provide assistance with the installation, calibration and moving of the imaging equipment when required.
• To assist the Team leader with appraisals of the screening team
• To answer basic patient questions about screening and diabetic retinopathy, and to direct the patient to appropriate sources of further information.
• To work autonomously with minimal direction from the clinical management.
• To ensure drops and consumables are managed and maintained ensuring adherence to programme budgets.
  
  

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sue Oliver Job title: Programme Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07587912544