Screening and Grading Manager

NHS

  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
  • £47,810-54,710 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
We are recruiting for a Screening and Grader Manger for the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.The chosen candidate will work within the Herts and West Essex Diabetic Eye Screening Programme to deliver diabetic eye screening for patients in the Herts and West Essex area to the highest standards of quality and care.This is an opportunity for an experienced and skilled screener/grader to work within the East & North Hertfordshire retinal screening team, Over seeing the delivery of a high-quality comprehensive screening service to patients with diabetes in the area.At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.Main duties of the jobThe post holder will lead the management of the referral outcome grading queues, ensuring patients are referred in line with national policy and within the required timeframes, escalating more complex cases to the attention of the clinical lead promptly.You will conduct and oversee the retinal screening OCT clinics taking high quality OCT images.The successful candidate will train and support senior screener/graders to ensure they reach and retain the required competencies of a referral outcome grader.You will also be required to assist the programme manager as required including the need to deputise in their absence.About usAt East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.We run the following hospitals:
  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.DetailsDate posted26 August 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salary£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number361-7307173Job locationsNew QEII HospitalHowlandsWelwyn Garden CityAL7 4HQJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.Person SpecificationQualifications / TrainingEssential
  • Health Screener Diploma in Diabetic eye screening
  • Good level of education
Desirable
  • Further education
Previous ExperienceEssential
  • Extensive grading experience at Primary, Secondary, arbitration and Referral outcome grading
  • Keep accurate and complete records consistent with legislation, policy and procedures
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Significant experience in secondary grading
  • Understanding of NHS Screening procedures
SkillsEssential
  • Experience of undertaking audit and research
  • Ability to recognise common non-DR related eye conditions and refer appropriately
  • Ability in taking responsibility for diagnosis from examining images and communication to patients and medical personal in a sensitive but straightforward manner
  • OCT capture and interpretation
KnowledgeEssential
  • Excellent understanding of diabetic eye screening
Other RequirementsEssential
  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Flexible and able to work using Initiative
  • Ability to remain calm and personable in periods of tension
  • Full valid UK driving license and have access to a car to use with business insurance
Person SpecificationQualifications / TrainingEssential
  • Health Screener Diploma in Diabetic eye screening
  • Good level of education
Desirable
  • Further education
Previous ExperienceEssential
  • Extensive grading experience at Primary, Secondary, arbitration and Referral outcome grading
  • Keep accurate and complete records consistent with legislation, policy and procedures
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Significant experience in secondary grading
  • Understanding of NHS Screening procedures
SkillsEssential
  • Experience of undertaking audit and research
  • Ability to recognise common non-DR related eye conditions and refer appropriately
  • Ability in taking responsibility for diagnosis from examining images and communication to patients and medical personal in a sensitive but straightforward manner
  • OCT capture and interpretation
KnowledgeEssential
  • Excellent understanding of diabetic eye screening
Other RequirementsEssential
  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Flexible and able to work using Initiative
  • Ability to remain calm and personable in periods of tension
  • Full valid UK driving license and have access to a car to use with business insurance

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