Retinal Grader Mubadala Health Abu Dhabi

Mubadala Health is seeking a qualified Retinal Grader to join them at Imperial College London Diabetes Center in Abu Dhabi. This is a recently announced job opportunity by the healthcare company under the requisition ID 2023-2120. Reporting to the Service Line Lead/ Manager, the role holder is responsible to provide a safe and high quality eye based services where they screen patients using fundus digital camera and grades them accurately.

Responsibilities of Retinal Grader

• Works collaboratively as an active member of the clinical team to provide patient and family-centered care.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives and assumes responsibility for their professional development.
• Ensures all patients with positive outcomes (retinopathy and/or maculopathy) pathology are scheduled with ophthalmologist within the recommended time frame.
• 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 prioritizes and manages 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.
• 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.

What you’ll do as Retinal Grader

• 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.
• Ensure adequate consumables available in the working area.
• Liaise 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 refer to the ophthalmologist and/or eye clinic.
• Maintain a higher level of knowledge and expertise in retinal screening and grading.
• Provide supervision and assistance to primary retinal graders or screeners as needed.
• Maintain 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.
• Maintain 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.
• Communicate effectively with team members and maintain good inter-functional liaison to ensure smooth implementation of operational activities.
• Communicate applicable regulatory requirements in a timely and clear manner within the division.

Qualifications & Experience

Following is the eligibility criteria for the role of Retinal Grader at Mubadala Health:

• High School Certificate.
• Minimum 1-year recent clinical experience.
• Experience in ambulatory setting.
• 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.

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