Diabetic Eye Screener

We are looking for someone who is really great with people and has a strong customer service ethic, is well organised and likes being busy but is flexible and adaptable. If that’s you, this is a fantastic career for you. We're looking for someone to cover clinics in the Bath & North East Somerset and West Wiltshire areas. This is a part time role, 3 days per week. You'll work mostly 08:15-16:15 with occasional Saturday morning's. The role of diabetic eye screener is an important part of helping people living with diabetes. We screen eyes on a regular basis to find signs of diabetic retinopathy – a disease caused by changes to the blood vessels in the back of the eye due to diabetes. If untreated these changes can lead to sight loss. The screener takes photographs and OCT scans of the retina to check for signs of damage to the vessels, does an initial review of the images and sends them for full assessment (grading).

Responsibilities

Run your own screening clinic; Setting it up safely and working with the venue's team; Welcoming service users; Undertaking general eye health checks; Measuring visual acuity; Giving eye pupil dilation drops; Using photography and OCT equipment to take photos and scans of the retina; Daily equipment cleaning/checks and occasional fault-finding/maintenance

Requirements

Really great with people; Strong customer service ethic; Well organised and likes being busy but flexible and adaptable; Full driving licence and access to a car; Minimum 5 GCSEs to include literacy, numeracy and using IT, or equivalent experience; Great eye for detail and thorough approach; Confident with people and patience and understanding to deal with service users from all backgrounds; Ability to use initiative

Nice to have

Experience from a screening or healthcare background

Benefits

Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees; 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE); 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC; Group Pension Plan with employer contributions up to 8.5%; Flexible benefits; Free access to LinkedIn Learning