Senior Grader / Team Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £20.00 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £26.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £41.00 + administration cost of £6.50 = £47.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oCity & Guilds Qualification in Diabetic Retinopathy Level 3 or the equivalent Health Screeners Diploma
• oCAVA assessors qualification or the willingness to work towards achieving it
• oGREG OCT in Digital Surveillance course completion
• oEvidence of ongoing professional development

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• oExperience of Secondary grading
• oUnderstanding and capability to apply NDESP Screening and Grading policies
• oAbility to apply clinical knowledge and experience to interpret national and trust level polices to achieve appropriate clinical outcomes.
• oThis role delivers detailed retina examinations for patients with complex history and the responsibilities associated, working independently
• oTo report to Clinical Lead Ophthalmologist.
• oTo be able to demonstrate professional, experience dealing with people of all ages and with a range of vision problems and in particular those with diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy
• oTo be able to identify incidental pathology and manage appropriately
• oIn depth knowledge of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy and grading pathways and associated risk factors
• oKnowledge of National Standards and KPI's
• oApply professional knowledge acquired through the Level 3 Diploma
• oOne to one OCT interpretation, clinical supervision and training by a Retinal Screening Clinical Lead/Associate

Desirable

• oExperience of ROG/DS/arbitration grading
• oExperience of working autonomously in a clinical setting
• oExperience of OCT Interpretation

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• oAbility to line manage a team
• oAbility to create and maintain effective working relationships
• oApply specialist leadership for colleagues with the ability to resolve conflict and deal with difficult situations remaining calm, assertive, fair and diplomatic
• oAbility to communicate findings orally and by letter/reports to a wide range of professionals, patients and carers
• oTo deliver clinical training, sign off and annual competency sign off for diabetic eye screening and grading staff.
• oThis role entitles the responsible clinical and developmental responsibilities, which will be reported to Programme Manager and the Clinical Lead. Ability to deliver one to one training plans
• oAbility to deliver presentations and training sessions on clinical and non clinical required topics.
• oAbility to manage difficult conversations
• oGood organisational ability
• oAbility to apply prolonged levels of concentration
• oAbility to utilise sophisticated, technical software for the manipulation and analysis of images
• oAttention to detail
• oAbility to write Protocols and Standard Operating procedures in line with national and local guidelines
• oThe ability to travel across the country, this requires the use of a vehicle.
• oCommitment to the role

Other Requirements

Essential

• oProfessional Attitude
• oSelf-motivator
• oConfident
• oEnthusiastic
• oCommitment to the role
• oFlexible to support the service need of clinic delivery including covering clinics across the full service region

Desirable

• oFull valid, manual UK Driving License

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Flatt Walks Health Centre

Castle Meadows

Whitehaven

CA28 7QE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)