EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum education: Diploma/Degree in Optometry
• Minimum of 1 year working experience in Optometry for Junior Optometrist
• Degree in Optometry with minimum 5 years of relevant experience, OR Diploma in Optometry with minimum 8 years of relevant experience may considered
• Ability to handle the various equipment involved in visual assessment
• Ability to lead juniors in clinical and operational duties
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Portray pleasant appearance with acceptable grooming standards
• Display keen learner and good attitude towards learning and correction

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Assessing the various visual functions of the patients prior to and after their consultation with the ophthalmologists. These tasks are mainly done with the various equipment and instruments in the department.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform subjective refraction for patients with refractive error, including post-cataract operation.
• Measure axial length (A scan) and corneal curvature (keratometry) of the eye for calculation of the suitable power for the intraocular lens to be used during cataract operation.
• Perform ultrasound scan (B scan) for patients with central opacity that disallow the ophthalmologists to view the fundus.
• Perform visual field assessment using the Humphrey Visual Field.
• Perform binocular vision (BV) assessment using the HESS chart and other BV tools.
• Perform anterior segment photography for anterior cases including lens opacity, pterygium, corneal opacity, etc.
• Perform oculoplastic photography on patients who suffer from trauma, or other conditions that affect oculomotor movement.
• Perform fundus photography for vitreo-retinal cases, as well as other cases that require fundus examination and monitoring.
• Prepare and perform angiographies using sodium fluorescein and indocyanine green dyes, when indicated by Ophthalmologists in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
• Perform Optical Coherence Tomography for patients who require macular thickness scans and optic nerve fibre layer assessment, using Zeiss-Cirrus as well as Heidelberg-HRA.
• Perform anterior segment OCT, endothelial cell count and corneal topography on patients to check their corneal integrity.
• Perform dilated fundus examination using 78D and 90D lens with slit-lamp; as well as 20D lens using binocular indirect ophthalmoscope.
• Function as a clinical optometrist and physician extender in the Supplementary Primary Eyecare Clinic (SPEC) for stable eye patients in the department.
• Function as a clinical optometrist in the Community & Home Eye Screening Service (CHESS), which ensures appropriate care and screening in the community and avoid unnecessary hospital visits (Beyond Hospital to Community).
• Perform Diabetic Retinopathy Photography (DRP) on diabetic patients that require regular eye screening.
• Maintain equipment in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences to ensure that they are in working order and according to standards.