Overview

Reporting to the Service Line Lead/ Manager, the Retinal Grader is responsible to provide a safe and high quality eye based services where they screen patients using fundus digital camera and grades them accurately. Works collaboratively as an active member of the clinical team to provide patient and family-centered care. The Retinal Grader participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives and assumes responsibility for their professional development.

Responsibilities

Key decisions the role makes and the extend of the impact of the decision:

• Ensure all patients with positive outcomes (retinopathy and/or maculopathy) pathology are scheduled with ophthalmologist within the recommended time frame.

Organizational Culture & Compliance:

• Adheres to the division\'s policies, procedures and standards while ensuring

compliance with applicable regulatory bodies. * Contributes towards an innovative culture of continuous improvement for enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness.

• Participates in meetings and maintains professionalism and confidentiality as per the organization\'s standard code of conduct.
• Completes personal performance evaluation cycle in a timely manner.

Overall:

• Independently prioritize and manage his/her own clinical caseload and area.
• Use the screening service database to enable to manage the screening clinic and to facilitate quality control of image taking and documentation.
• Participates in retinal screening ensuring not to grade the same patients images.
• Making sure all patients whose retinal image has been taken or screened are graded.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment within the area in accordance to the Infection Control Policies and Procedures.
• Liaise with ophthalmologist and/or primary physician as needed.
• Follow all departmental protocols in all dealings with colleagues and service users contributing and implementing changes when required.
• Ensures adequate consumables available in the working area.
• Liaises with the team to ensure patient is followed up in the correct time-frame, and according to the clinical need.
• Identify any patients where there is progression of diabetic eye disease or deterioration of vision and refers to the ophthalmologist and/or eye clinic.
• Maintains a higher level of knowledge and expertise in retinal screening and grading.
• Provides supervision and assistance to primary retinal graders or screeners as needed.

Education:

• Maintains up-to-date retinal imaging and grading skills and knowledge in addition prioritizing a diverse and demanding workload on a day-to-day basis.
• Completion of Advance Diabetic Retinopathy Course and undergo training with ophthalmologist.
• Maintains an appropriate level of continuous professional development through inter-disciplinary training, online courses including monthly ITAT examination.
• Actively seek new knowledge and information to ensure ongoing professional development and competency to practice.

Communication:

• Communicates effectively with team members and maintains good interfunctional liaison to ensure smooth implementation of operational activities.
• Communicates applicable regulatory requirements in a timely and clear manner within the division.

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Certificate.

Experience:

• Minimum 1-year recent clinical.
• Experience in ambulatory setting.

Certification & Licensure:

• Certificate of Advance Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Course.

Job Specific Skills and Abilites:

• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be proficient in the use of an electronic medical record and other computer skills.
• Must be competent to use retinal camera and follow guidelines in the retinal grading system.

Mubadala Health