Specialist Optometrist - Part Time Fixed Term

at  Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

To provide a wide range of optometric services, which can include: Working in an ‘extended role’ capacity in a variety of ophthalmology clinics which can include Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Cataract or External Disease. Working in extended role outside ophthalmology clinics, i.e. without medical support in clinic, e.g. Childrens Vision Clinic.
Refraction, including adult and paediatric; diagnostic and post-operative cases. Medical Contact Lenses. Low Vision Clinics, adult and paediatric. Refracting patients to specific protocols as part of studies.
Supervising junior staff in their clinical roles. To undertake specialist clinical activity; this activity requires regular use of a range of advanced clinical techniques requiring dexterity and concentration. These clinics involve responsibility for clinical decision-making with support from consultants and the provision of specialised diagnosis, management, care and education of patients. To provide a clinical opinion or obtain a clinical opinion from consultant colleagues to optometric and non-optometric colleagues on the management of patients

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