Practitioner Profiles - Uploading Local Accreditations

Instructions for Uploading Local Accreditations

Local accreditations need to be uploaded on practitioner profiles on OPERA. In areas where local accreditations are in place, practitioners will not be able to deliver services without having the correct documents uploaded onto OPERA.

Once uploaded, your certificates will be approved by our service support team and this will give you the ability to access the relevant services. 

Practitioners can add, update or change any of your certificates, easily.  Please note that your documents must be in PDF format - you can use Adobe's easy conversion system to turn any document type into a PDF.  You can find details here.

You then simply click on the 'Document upload' icon.

The practitioner will need to select the document type for uploading and, if required, enter the date.  If a date is not required, the date box will be greyed out, as above.  The Practitioner can then simply press 'Submit' and their document will be sent to the admin team for approval.  The Practitioner will see the screen refresh and the appropriate document icon turn to a yellow tick.  

Please see the instructions below for each area/service:

Greater Manchester - GERS and CGS

  • If you have a professional certificate in Glaucoma ensure that this is uploaded to the ‘Prof Certificate in Glaucoma’ tab
  • If you do not have prof cert you will need to upload the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital certificate to the ‘Local Manchester – Glaucoma’ tab

Staffordshire - Enhanced Case Findings (ECF

  • If you have a professional certificate in Glaucoma ensure that this is uploaded to the ‘Prof Certificate in Glaucoma’ tab
  •  If you do not have prof cert you will need to upload your Managed Care Network (MCN) certificate showing proof of participation (provided by the LOC/MCN) to the ‘Local Staffordshire – Glaucoma’ tab

Staffordshire - Integrated Children’s Service (ICS)

  • Upload the certificate provided by Royal Stoke Hospital, as proof of attendance for hospital training and acceptance on the approved list of practitioners/practices, to the ‘Local Staffordshire – ICS’ tab

Lincolnshire – CES and GERS

  • Upload the Lincolnshire Certificate of Accreditation provided to you by the ICB confirming your acceptance onto the service to the ‘Local Lincolnshire – CES / GERS’ tab

Lincolnshire - Low Vision (LV)

  • Upload the certificate provided to you by PES confirming your acceptance onto the service (this will be provided for you by PES) to the ‘Local Lincolnshire – Low Vision’ tab

Gloucestershire - Enhanced Case Findings (ECF)

  • If you have a professional certificate in Glaucoma ensure that this is uploaded to the ‘Prof Certificate in Glaucoma’ button
  • In Gloucestershire if you do not hold prof cert your WOPEC Glaucoma level 2 certificate is required to be uploaded in the ‘Local Gloucestershire – GERS’ tab

North-East Essex - Post Vision Screening (PVS)

  • Upload the certificate provided to you by PES confirming your acceptance onto the service (this will be provided for you by PES) to the ‘Local North East Essex – PVS’ tab

Mid and South Essex – CES

  • Upload the certificate provided to you by PES confirming your acceptance onto the service (this will be provided for you by PES) to the ‘Local Mid and South Essex – CES’ tab

Mid and South Essex – CGS

  •  Upload your Technical Competency Development Portfolio Certificate (provided by PES) to the ‘Local Mid and South Essex – CGS’ tab

Moorfields, Croydon – Post Cataract

  • Upload your Moorfields Eye Hospital post cataract certificate provided by PES to the ‘Local Moorfields – Post Cataract’ tab

Moorfields, Croydon – CGS

  • Upload your MEH post cataract certificate provided by PES to the ‘Local Moorfields – CGS’ tab

Surrey Heartlands

  • Upload your practice approval certificate for the individual services provided by PES to the ‘Local Surrey Heartlands – GRR’, ‘Local surrey Heartlands – Pre Cataract’, ‘Local Surrey  Heartlands – Macular’ and ‘Local Surrey Heartlands – MECS’ tabs
  •  For provision of ACES/MECS all practitioners must also upload their MECS certificate

Hampshire - GERS

  • Upload your Hampshire Glaucoma Accreditation certificate, as previously provided to you by the LOC/PES, to the ‘Local Hampshire – GERS’ tab

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, PLEASE CONTACT US ASAP AT hello@referral.support

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