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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To take responsibility for clinical decision-making with support from consultants and to provide specialised diagnosis, management, care and education of patients. 

In the retinal service provide support particularly the ARMD service and diabetic service. This will require the ability to carry out clinical examination and understand clinical signs, as well as interpretation of OCT scans to arrive at appropriate management decisions.

In the Glaucoma service, working alongside glaucoma consultants to examine new and existing patients. This will involve using a range of clinical techniques and understanding how to interpret the results of specialist diagnostic tools such as OCT.

Check visual acuities, IOPs, visual field testing, OCT imaging and perform other ancillary tests as required such as corneal pachymetry etc.

Perform refractions as required including paediatric patients.

Contribute to the delivery of optometric teaching and supervision to other ophthalmic professionals.

Ensure contemporaneous records are kept for all patients seen in clinic.

Work to set departmental protocols.  May be required to comment on/implement policies or propose policy changes to own areas of work.

Use appropriate IT, including electronic patient records, for clinical and audit purposes.

Communicate effectively with other health professionals, patients and their carers.

Responsibility, in conjunction with Ophthalmology colleagues, for the systematic and critical analysis of the quality of work carried out by optometrists in the shared care services if these are developed, including initiation and participation in clinical audit.

Participate in continuing professional education and development (as required by the General Optical Council).

Support and contribute to clinical research or assessment programmes.

Contribute to publishing research/audit findings in peer-reviewed journals if required and present audit/research findings at relevant scientific meetings.