Optometrist (Locum)

Company Description

This is a Full-Time (37.5 Hrs per week) Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm

Come join us and make a difference in the world!

Discover more at www.necsws.com

Job Description

There are full -time and part-time opportunities available. Monday to Friday with no weekend work - looking to support our diabetic eye screening teams in an around Limerick City. 

• 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 that patients are triaged directly in accordance with company policy and ensure the download of patient’s information is carried out daily
• To operate in accordance with all current and future company policies and procedures
• To undertake administration tasks as the programme needs require, but also be flexible in your approach to the changing needs of the local programme and the company as a whole.
• All staff are expected to continue their personal development to fulfil the role and develop their career. This can be done by attending appropriate accredited courses, meetings, seminars, workshops, conferences and via on-line sessions
• Be committed to making patients the number one focus to provide the best level of care possible within the diabetic eye screening programme
• To support the local programme and wider company in a range of capacities such as in administration, audits, quality control and service improvement procedures to ensure the local screening programme surpasses National standards and performance indicators.
• Monday to Friday (no evenings or weekends)
• The role covers Limerick 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
• They will need to show initiative and the ability to prioritise tasks and to use problem solving skills on a daily basis largely unsupervised sometimes under pressure
• Be able to use good effective communication skills both written and oral within a multidisciplinary team at all levels and with diabetic patients in a calm, sensitive and reassuring way.
• Have previous experience working with the public
• Be able to fully comply with current and future policies/protocols following a training period (e.g., patient confidentiality, infection control etc.)
• A full, clean driving license and preferably your 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 be required to provide full details of any previous cautions and convictions and undertake an enhanced disclosure with the Disclosure & Barring Service upon entry and thereafter every 3 years or the equivalent.

Additional Information

Employees of NEC Software Solutions are entitled to the following Company funded benefit:

• Matched Rate Pension
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

OTHER INFORMATION:

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the EU. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks. 

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who are we?

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.

NEC Care, part of the NEC Health division, delivers the national diabetic eye screening programme. Our mission, vision and values are to provide people-centric services that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of those we serve by working to achieve excellence in service delivery.