Job Description
Job Description
- The Optometrist is responsible for performing vision tests and analyzing results.
- He/she is responsible for diagnosing sight problems and prescribing eyeglasses and other visual aids.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Collect and enter patients data into the database( Acuitas) daily
- Provides outpatient care for patients with eye-related conditions.
- Conducts routine eye examinations, including glaucoma screening.
- Refraction and prescribing the best corrective lenses to suit patients visual needs
- Contact lens fitting and care
- Dispenses eye drops for the patients with minor ocular pathologies.
- Orders lenses from optical vendors.
- Issues prescriptions for spectacles and contact lenses
- Reads off lens prescriptions using the focimeter, to ensure they have the accurate prescription and are properly fitted before dispensing.
- Participates in routine eye screenings for children.
Requirements
Educational Qualification:
Skills / Requirements:
- Must be tech savvy
- High level of professionalism and effective communication
- Excellent organizational, problem solving, and time management skills.
- Must understand mathematical and scientific information
- Must be able to adapt quickly to new technologies and equipment
- Ability to maintain high levels of concentration
- High level of emotional intelligence
Work Hours:
- Mondays to Saturdays, with 1 saturday off in the month and 1 day off within the week.