Orthoptist
Orthoptist
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Job Description
Orthoptists diagnose and treat anomalies of binocular vision. They examine, assess and treat vision impairments, squint, amblyopia and eye motility disorders. Orthoptists apply these methods in particular in the fields of paediatrics, neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, ophthalmology, orthoptics, optometry, pleoptics and strabology assessing functional diseases of the eye for improving functional disorders of the visual system. They also provide counselling, preventive measures and training activities and may refract and prescribe glasses, such as prism corrective glasses. .
Top 31 specific things you need to know
As an Orthoptist, you will need to master following:
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise patients on vision improvement conditions
- anaesthetics
- apply context specific clinical competences
- carry out orthoptic treatments
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct specialised orthoptic tests
- contact lens fitting techniques
- contribute to continuity of health care
- diagnose problems of the visual system
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- neuro-ophthalmology
- ophthalmological examination methods
- orthoptics
- paediatric psychology
- perform vision rehabilitation
- professional documentation in health care
- promote inclusion
- promote ocular health
- provide therapy of the visual system
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- receive patient referrals with eye conditions
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- supervise orthoptic treatments
- test visual acuity
- treatment of strabismus
- types of strabismus
- undertake healthcare examination
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Top 31 general things you need to know
More generally, an orthoptist is also versed in:
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- neurology
- neurophysiology
- optics
- paediatrics
- pathology
- pharmacology
- provide health education
- psychology
- 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 orthoptist
Top employers for this job
Orthoptist (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
