Optometrist
Optometrist
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Job Description
Optometrists examine and test eyes to identify abnormalities, visual problems, or disease. They prescribe and fit lenses such as spectacles and contacts, and offer advice on visual problems. They may also refer patients to a medical practitioner. Their scope of practice and title varies according to national regulations..
Top 20 specific things you need to know
As an Optometrist, you will need to master following:
- accept own accountability
- advise on contact lense maintenance
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise patients on vision improvement conditions
- apply context specific clinical competences
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- diagnose problems of the visual system
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- fit contact lenses
- perform comprehensive eye examinations
- perform ocular tonometry
- prescribe corrective lenses
- promote inclusion
- promote ocular health
- provide therapy of the visual system
- quality standards of ophthalmic equipment
- refer healthcare users
- refraction of the eye
- test visual acuity
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Top 23 general things you need to know
More generally, an optometrist is also versed in:
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply numeracy skills
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- eye protection regulations
- follow clinical guidelines
- have computer literacy
- implement marketing strategies
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage staff
- optical glass characteristics
- optical instruments
- process payments
- record healthcare users' billing information
- respond to changing situations in health care
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent optometrist
It also helps to know the following:
- administer medication for vision problems
- contribute to continuity of health care
- implement sales strategies
- perform vision rehabilitation
- provide domiciliary eyecare
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- participate in medical inventory control
- preventive medicine
- provide health education
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
Top employers for this job
Optometrist (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
Full Time
Urgent
Private
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer
