Job Description
We have full-time and part-time opportunities available, Monday to Friday with no weekend work. Our diabetic eye screening teams are looking for support in Carlow County.
* To assess patients using in-direct ophthalmoscopy techniques and grade in accordance with the grading protocol.
* To contribute to the patient's pathway through the screening/grading process, ensuring patients are triaged directly in line with company policy and patient information is downloaded daily.
* To operate in accordance with all current and future company policies and procedures.
* To undertake administration tasks as required, being flexible in your approach to meet changing programme needs.
* All staff are expected to continue their personal development to fulfill the role and develop their career, attending accredited courses, meetings, seminars, workshops, conferences, and online sessions.
* To put patients at the forefront, providing the best level of care possible within the diabetic eye screening programme.
* To support the local programme and wider organisation in areas such as administration, audits, quality control, and service improvement procedures, ensuring the local screening programme surpasses national standards and performance indicators.
* Monday to Friday (no evenings or weekends).
* The role covers Co. Carlow and surrounding counties/Mobile.
Qualifications
Essential:
* CORU Registered Optometrist.
* The post holder must be computer literate – Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
* Previous experience of working with computer applications – accurate data input.
* Show initiative and ability to prioritise tasks, use problem-solving skills on a daily basis, largely unsupervised sometimes under pressure.
* Effective communication skills, both written and oral, within a multidisciplinary team and with diabetic patients in a calm, sensitive, and reassuring way.
* Previous experience working with the public.
* Able to comply fully with current and future policies/protocols following a training period (patient confidentiality, infection control etc.).
* A full, clean driving license and own transport to travel to and from our office and other places of work within the programme area.
* Continued CPD development.
* Proficiency in Irish language and/or any other language is desirable.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Successful applicants will provide full details of any previous cautions and convictions and undergo an enhanced disclosure with the Disclosure & Barring Service upon entry and every 3 years thereafter.
Additional Information
Employees of NEC Software Solutions are entitled to a Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions.