Reporting to the Service Line Lead/ Manager, the Retinal Screener at Mubadala Health subsidiary (ICLDC- Madinat Zayed) is responsible to capture safe and high quality eye images using fundus digital camera. He / she will communicate it to the Retinal Grader and/or Ophthalmologist when images needs urgent referral. This position works collaboratively as an active member of the clinical team to provide patient and family-centered care.

Responsibilities of Retinal Screener

• Differentiates between normal and abnormal or urgent pathology and choose the facility’s referral pathway.
• 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.
• Independently priorities and manage his/her own clinical caseload and area.
• Uses the screening service database to enable to manage the screening clinic and to facilitate quality control of image taking and documentation.

Other Duties as Retinal Screener

• 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 by the Retinal Graders.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment within the area in accordance to the Infection Control Policies and Procedures.
• Liaises with ophthalmologist and/or primary physician if and when needed
• Follows 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.
• Maintains a higher level of knowledge and expertise in retinal screening.
• Provides assistance to other primary retinal graders as needed.
• 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.
• Maintains an appropriate level of continuous professional development through inter-disciplinary training, online courses including monthly ITAT examination.
• Actively seeks new knowledge and information to ensure ongoing professional development and competency to practice.
• Communicates effectively with team members and maintains good inter-functional liaison to ensure smooth implementation of operational activities.
• Communicates applicable regulatory requirements in a timely and clear manner within the division.

Qualifications & Experience

Following is the eligibility criteria for that role of Retinal Screener at ICLDC-:

Education:

• High School Certificate.

Experience:

• 0-1 years clinical experience in ambulatory setting.

Certificate & Licensure:

• Basic Introduction to Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Course.
• Certificate of Advance Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Course is preferable.

Job Specific Skills & Abilities:

• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be proficient in the use of an electronic medical record and other computer skills.
• Competent in using other eye images equipment such as OCT.
• Fluent in spoken and written Arabic (desirable).

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