Main area Diabetic Eye Screening - Ophthalmology Grade Band 5 Contract 12 months (12 Month fixed term funded by NHSE) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
37.5 hours per week (Would consider part time if more appropriate for applying candidate, would consider job share also.) Job ref 287-OPHT-43-25
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Diabetic Eye Screening - University Hospital Aintree
Town Liverpool
Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 24/10/2025 23:59
Improving Screening Uptake Officer
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Liverpool & North Mersey Diabetic Eye Screening service as an Improving Uptake Officer. The position is fixed term for 12 months under the following key remit:
* Supporting improved uptake rates of diabetic eye screening and reducing unwarranted variation in uptake by different population groups – to reduce health inequalities.
* To be the first point of contact for GP practices and community groups, provide comprehensive advice and support for health care professionals and wider organisations to improve the uptake of diabetic eye screening.
* As an Improving Screening Uptake Officer, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service and supporting programme managers and screening staff across the diabetic eye screening programme.
* The post holder will focus on improving the uptake of diabetic eye screening across the programme geography
Main duties of the job
The main duties include:
* Liaise directly with healthcare colleagues in Primary Care (GP practices and PCN’s), community groups and Place colleagues (ICB and local authority) to improve the uptake of diabetic eye screening particularly by population groups vulnerable to low participation in screening
* Promote uptake of diabetic eye screening directly to the eligible population at health promotion events/webinars held across the programme geography
* Support eligible individuals to navigate the screening pathway – particularly those who may require reasonable adjustments to address any barriers to access
* Use screening programme data to identify GP practices with low uptake rates and work directly with colleagues in these practices, e.g. Care Coordinators, Care Navigators, to support more individuals to take up the offer of screening
* Identify reasons for non-attendance across the screening programme and discuss with the programme team any changes that may help address these in order to support improved uptake rates
* Maintain an up to date and accurate record of work undertaken to improve uptake
* Be a member of the Improving Uptake in Screening Workers network to share learning/ideas and best practice across programmes
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The following represents an overview of the job description. The main duties of the job are detail in the attached document which also includes the Person Specification for the post.
* Supporting improved uptake rates of diabetic eye screening and reducing unwarranted variation in uptake by different population groups – to reduce health inequalities.
* To be the first point of contact for GP practices and community groups, provide comprehensive advice and support for health care professionals and wider organisations to improve the uptake of diabetic eye screening.
* As an Improving Screening Uptake Officer, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service and supporting programme managers and screening staff across the diabetic eye screening programme.
* The post holder will focus on improving the uptake of diabetic eye screening across the programme geography
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent
Experience
* Experience of work to improve health outcomes
Knowledge
* Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis and basic knowledge of project principles
* Knowledge of Office inc. Word, Excel & Outlook
* Basic knowledge of project principles
Skills
* Skills for communication on complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/ written communication skills
* Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
* Ability to work without supervision. Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
* Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet deadlines
* Skills for manipulating information
* Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software
* Ability to work without supervision. Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
* Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters. Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills.
* Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise
Other
* Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
* Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
* Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
* Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
* Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
* An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust and an awareness of information governance requirements and data protection
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Guy Roberts
Job title Programme Manager
Email address guy.roberts@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 0151 529 3111
Additional information
Please note the following contact number will connect you to the diabetic eye screening team. This line is the main line of communication for the service. Please select either option 1 or 2 when you are connected and please leave a message with your contact details if you are unable to speak to someone directly when calling
Note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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