Opthalmologist

Job Description

Diagnosing and treating eye diseases and injuries. Managing emergency eye clinics, outpatient clinics, or other specialist eye clinics. Treating medical disorders that affect the vision through a holistic approach. Using therapeutic procedures and performing biopsies.As an ophthalmologist youll have specialist skills in the diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of diseases of the eye and visual system. Youll deal with a range of conditions, including cataracts, glaucoma, squints, eye injuries, infectious eye diseases and degenerative conditions resulting from ageing. Youll manage patients of all ages, from premature babies to the elderly, with acute and long-term eye conditions.You may work in a variety of settings including outpatient clinics, operating theatres where youll conduct surgery, laser eye surgery clinics and community clinics. Theres also a limited amount of ward-based work available.You can also work as a medical ophthalmologist if youre trained in general medicine as well as ophthalmology. As a medical ophthalmologist, youll manage eye disorders that are specifically related to whole-body disease, such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis and stroke. Youll treat the patient as a whole - not just their eye condition.ResponsibilitiesOphthalmology is a blend of both medicine and surgery. As an ophthalmologist youll need to:assess and examine patients in order to make a diagnosis manage ophthalmic conditions, taking into account both the medical and psychological aspects of patient care manage busy general outpatient clinics, emergency eye clinics and specialist clinics do occasional ward rounds (most ophthalmic patients have day surgery and dont stay in hospital overnight) work as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes optometrists, orthoptists and nurses, as well as with specialists such as neurologists, ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeons, paediatricians and geneticists operate equipment such as ophthalmoscopes, slit lamps and lenses carry out eye surgery using, for example, an operating microscope or laser surgery provide advice and reassurance to patients and family members educate patients to help them understand their medical condition handle legal documentation for the certification of patients as blind or partially sighted support health promotion and disease prevention activities.

Keyskills :
outpatient orthopedicshospital operationsquality of carediabetes managementpediatricspsychological assessmentdiabetes careorthopedic rehabilitationhealth care services