Hospital Eye Service Failsafe Officer (Diabetic Eye Screening)

Job title:

Hospital Eye Service Failsafe Officer (Diabetic Eye Screening)

Company

NHS

Job description

1 full time (37.5 hours per week) post to work within the Humber Diabetic Eye Screening Programme office at Hull Royal Infirmary.An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated person to join the Humber Diabetic Eye Screening Programme as a Hospital Eye Service (HES) Failsafe Officer. The successful applicant will be instrumental in maintaining a Hospital Eye Service failsafe procedure and will have responsibility for all process monitoring, data validation, and clinical audit.Main duties of the jobThe HES failsafe officer will be responsible for reporting functions for patients within the Screening Service for patients that are referred to the HES or patients who are retained in HES for treatment / monitoring. This is to ensure they are returned appropriately into the screening pathway following discharge from the HES either due to completion of treatment or failure to attend the HES.About usThe Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.DetailsDate posted10 July 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 4Salary£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number356-25-7312280Job locationsHull Royal InfirmaryHullHU3 2JZJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesIn addition, the HES failsafe officer has a responsibility to ensure that patients not seen for 12 months in HES are either offered a HES review or are returned to the screening service via the Ophthalmology Trigger process.The post holder will also assist in improving the quality and system for the collection of data used within the department to indicate performance against local commissioning targets and KPIs.The post holder would be required to work towards and complete an Administration qualification in Retinal Screening within 1 years of appointment to post.The Trust is undergoing service transformations and review, therefore there may be a requirement in future for weekend work. The successful candidate must be able to travel to their base of work, travel expenses are not provided.The post is an excellent opportunity to join an award-nominated, efficient and cost effective department that focuses on developing its personnel whilst providing excellent quality patient care.Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills, together with an ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly under pressure to achieve deadlines.For further details with regards to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesIn addition, the HES failsafe officer has a responsibility to ensure that patients not seen for 12 months in HES are either offered a HES review or are returned to the screening service via the Ophthalmology Trigger process.The post holder will also assist in improving the quality and system for the collection of data used within the department to indicate performance against local commissioning targets and KPIs.The post holder would be required to work towards and complete an Administration qualification in Retinal Screening within 1 years of appointment to post.The Trust is undergoing service transformations and review, therefore there may be a requirement in future for weekend work. The successful candidate must be able to travel to their base of work, travel expenses are not provided.The post is an excellent opportunity to join an award-nominated, efficient and cost effective department that focuses on developing its personnel whilst providing excellent quality patient care.Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills, together with an ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly under pressure to achieve deadlines.For further details with regards to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Educated to A-Level or NVQ Level 4 Business Administration/Customer Care or acquired equivalent experience

ExperienceEssential

• Experience of managing high volumes of work and delivering tight deadlines
• Previous experience of working within a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

Desirable

• Experience of Optomize and Retinal Screening systems
• Experience using Lorenzo and Medisoft electronic patient record system

Skills, Knowledge and AbilityEssential

• Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines without supervision and on own initiative
• Ability to analyse data and generate reports (e.g. use of excel spreadsheets)
• An ability to ensure accuracy and maintain patient records

Desirable

• Knowledge of diabetic retinopathy screening pathway
• Knowledge of HES Eye Service pathways

Other RequirementsEssential

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Evidence of continued professional development

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Educated to A-Level or NVQ Level 4 Business Administration/Customer Care or acquired equivalent experience

ExperienceEssential

• Experience of managing high volumes of work and delivering tight deadlines
• Previous experience of working within a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

Desirable

• Experience of Optomize and Retinal Screening systems
• Experience using Lorenzo and Medisoft electronic patient record system

Skills, Knowledge and AbilityEssential

• Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines without supervision and on own initiative
• Ability to analyse data and generate reports (e.g. use of excel spreadsheets)
• An ability to ensure accuracy and maintain patient records

Desirable

• Knowledge of diabetic retinopathy screening pathway
• Knowledge of HES Eye Service pathways

Other RequirementsEssential

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Evidence of continued professional development

Expected salary

£26530 – 29114 per year

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:00:53 GMT

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