Optometrist
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An Optometrist is responsible to provide personalised, specialised and cost-effective care to the patients in accordance to established hospital policies and procedures, standards of Optometrist care and practices.
Duties and Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)
To conduct subjective and objective refractions.
To conduct cyclorefractions.
To prescribe glasses and contact lens.
To dispense contact lens.
To be able to use special equipments for diagnosis and testing of vision: Visual field, Orbscan, AS-OCT, PS-OCT, Wasca etc.
To provide patient education of health, safety and infection control.
Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (20%): Specialist service
To prescribe and manage low vision.
To conduct paediatric vision assessment.
To manage and run occuloplastic prosthetic clinic.
To conduct basic Orthoptic assessment.
To conduct pre and post Lasik assessment and assist during Lasik operations.
Job Criteria/Requirements
Diploma
Diploma in Optometry
Employer Profile
National University Hospital
The National University Hospital (NUH) is a member of the National University Health System (NUHS), a leading academic health system and one of three public healthcare clusters in Singapore.
As Singapore’s first restructured hospital, NUH has been serving more than a million patients annually since 1985. NUH is a tertiary hospital with a comprehensive suite of specialist care for adults, women and children, and a major referral centre with over 50 medical, surgical and dental specialties. It is the only public hospital in Singapore to offer a paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme, in addition to kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation for adults.
As part of an integrated academic health system, NUH is committed to transforming care, shaping the next generation of healthcare professionals and leveraging translational research to improve health outcomes. The hospital is also the principal teaching hospital for the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the NUS Faculty of Dentistry.
For more information, please visit www.nuh.com.sg | www.nuhs.edu.sg
Delivering ‘Incredible care and health, together!’
Members of the NUHS:
• National University Hospital
• Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
• Alexandra Hospital
• Jurong Community Hospital
• National University Polyclinics
• National University Cancer Centre, Singapore
• National University Heart Centre, Singapore
• National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore
• NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• NUS Faculty of Dentistry
• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health