Retail Optometrist (ISLANDWIDE, Training Provided)
Core
Examine patients' eyes to detect signs of injury, disease, abnormality and vision defects; recommend appropriate optical aids and teach contact lens handling.
Role type
Optometrist
Builds
Optical aids, contact lenses, and vision care services
Domain
Healthcare / Optometry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Eye examination, operation of diagnostic equipment (slit-lamp, fundus camera, OCT, tonometer, visual field analyser), explaining examination results, writing referrals to ophthalmologists, fitting and adjusting spectacles and ophthalmic lenses, inventory management, maintaining patient health records
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Slit-lamp bio-microscopy, fundus camera, optical coherence tomography, non-contact tonometer, Humphrey visual field analyser
Responsibilities
Examine patients' eyes, operate diagnostic equipment, explain results and offer advice, recommend optical aids, write referrals, teach contact lens wearers, manage inventory, troubleshoot and adjust fittings, maintain records and equipment
Seniority
Entry-level, training provided