Retinal Screener

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 Fiona Gordon, Screener/Grader Manager on 0151 529 4543.

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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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.

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

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