Diabetic Eye Screener / Grader
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 February 2026 |
| Location: | Darlington, DL3 6HX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9439-2526-1444 |
Summary
Advanced senior diabetic retinopathy screener/graders have day-to-day responsibility for theoperational running of specialised screening clinics off site, dealing with people, staffing and technical problems. The post holder manages the wider team and is responsible for cover of their designated clinical duties The post holder will ensure primary, secondary and tertiary grading is undertaken according to NDESP grading criteria in a safe and timely fashion. To provide clinical support for the programme manager for service delivery of routine digital screening, digital surveillance which Includes the use of Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography imaging and analysis. The OCT images will be analysed, interpreted and evaluated within this role. During the clinical visit and following the patients screening appointment, the post holder will provide sensitive information to the patient or their carer. Due to the nature of the findings high level communication is necessary. However, due to the complexity of the scans the post holder will be required to communicate the findings in terminology that a patient would understand. Maintain the quality of grading through regular monitoring of grading staff performance. Take responsibility for the collation, investigation, evaluation and any necessary action for all primary, secondary and tertiary grading audits, rates of visual impairment/blindness and the Test and Training sets, report/feed back to the programme manager and at Operational Board. In addition to screening and grading duties all staff are involved in additional activities to support the service; these will include working within the following areas: training/assessments (national qualification) quality assurance visits, audit, health promotion, failsafe and IT. Working independently and as part of a large multidisciplinary team to both local and national standard to deliver the highest patient care and to ensure the early detection of sight threatening eye disease to deliver appropriate and timely monitoring and treatment to reduce blindness. The post holder is required to undergo slit lamp accreditation reviews and clinical supervision from the DESP clinical lead, maintaining slit lamp competencies. Carryout detailed assessment of patients within the slit lamp biomicroscopy clinics. Review of unassessable patients on a regular basis and reporting back to the screening programme. Post holder to provide clinical supervision to retinal screener / graders. Working closely with the administration team to ensure processes and pathways are in line with the diabetic eye screening standards. Able to travel independently across County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust sites.