Diabetic Screener/photographer

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.

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.

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.

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.