Job Descriptions

• Examine eyes, using observation, instruments and pharmaceutical, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus and coordination and to diagnose diseases like color blindness or other abnormalities that may impair vison. • Prescribe, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses (soft and RGP) and other vision aids • Educate and council patients on contact lens & usage, eye hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety precautions. • Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries such as refractive laser surgeries or intraocular surgeries, with pre- and post-operative care. • Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision. • Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation/ aide. • Providing efficient skills in refracting eyes with special conditions including keratoconus and strabismus and its treatment plan. • Provide pre-surgical refractive Nomogram. • Taking & recording related patients medical and ophthalmic history • Recording distance and near visual acuity accurately. • Objective and subjective eye testing. • Performing objective refraction, especially retinoscopy, and detecting and correctly reporting any abnormalities using the retinoscope reflex. • Performing subjective refraction and mastering all the related techniques. • Performing additional optometric tests when indicated, including color vision test, cover test, manual keratometry, pupillary reaction, near point of convergence, and others. • Knowledge of ophthalmic procedures and screenings • Knowledgeable with ophthalmic machines, its uses and interpretation as follows: • Corneal topography / Oculyzer machine • Ultrasound A & B scanner • IOL master & calculation • Visual field test (Humphrey analyzer) • Optical coherence tomography • Keratometry, Endothelial cell count by Specular microscopy. • Visual imaging (Fundus photography and Fluorescein angiograms).

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