Trainee Health Screener

Role:
Trainee Health Screener

Location:

Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire - the role will cover our screening clinics these locations.

Salary: £24,852.66 rising upon completion of your diploma

This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week across five days. However, we would consider a 30-hour working week for the right candidate. Reduced hours would need to be worked across four days, with flexibility around the specific working days.

Thanks for your initial interest in a career in Diabetic Eye Screening, we appreciate that not many people know what the role of a screener is, but hopefully throughout your application process youll have a better understanding.

Ensure that patients are made to feel welcome and comfortable throughout the screening process

Undertake the screening Checklist to ensure the screening environment is safe (for yourself and your patients)
Basic maintenance of the camera and equipment to enable the best possible images are taken

Safely administer the eye drops (to enlarge pupils), and undertake photographs ensuring correct field of view Identify any patients requiring urgent onward referral at the time of their screening appointment

Maintaining a sufficient stock of consumables to run your clinic

InHealth is the UKs largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions, working in partnership with the NHS for more than 30 years to make healthcare better for more than 5 million patients each year.

For clinical colleagues, that means delivering high-quality care within modern settings, with state-of-the-art equipment across a wide range of community, hospital and mobile settings.

With flexibility, strong learning and development opportunities, and the chance to support people at important moments in their healthcare journey, you can build a rewarding career while making a real difference locally and nationally.

InHealth is a place where you're trusted to do your job well, supported by people who value your expertise and give you the space to act on it. Teams show up for each other, leaders back your judgment and help remove blockers rather than create them.

New opportunities open as we grow - whether that's progressing, moving sideways or taking on something different as your strengths evolve. And everything we do is focussed on making healthcare better - for patients, partners and the people delivering care.

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Role:
Trainee Health Screener

Location:
Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire - the role will cover our screening clinics these locations.
Salary: £24,852.66 rising upon completion of your diploma
This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week across five days. However, we would consider a 30-hour working week for the right candidate. Reduced hours would need to be worked across four days, with flexibility around the specific working days. Thanks for your initial interest in a career in Diabetic Eye Screening, we appreciate that not many people know what the role of a screener is, but hopefully throughout your application process youll have a better understanding.

So, what is Diabetic Eye Screening? Some people with diabetes develop serious complications with their eyes, called diabetic retinopathy. If they dont get this treated properly, it can lead to sight loss. Diabetic eye screening is a test to check for eye problems caused by diabetes. The eye screening test can find eye problems before sight is affected. Pictures are taken of the back of the eyes to check for any changes.

Experience in a caring environment or hospital background is preferable but not necessary, our screeners have come from all walks of life. If you are good with people and want to make a difference this could be the career for you. Starting as a screener you will be trained on the job and will be given all the skills and knowledge to complete your Health Screener Diploma.

Once trained there are a variety of opportunities to progress your career in Diabetic Eye Screening with the following:

• Screener / Grader
• Arbitration Grader
• Referral Outcome Grader
• OCT examiner
• OCT grader
• Slit Lamp Examiner
• Team Leader/Management

Who are we looking for?

• Compassionate individuals who are empathetic towards the requirements of each individual patient
• Someone who is happy to travel to our screening services in the Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire area.
• Although we will provide full training, we are…