RAHPC - Professions
Ophthalmic Clinical Officers
Published: Jul 31, 2024 8:44 AMOphthalmic Profession is mandated to educate the next generation of eye professionals while striving to improve eye health in the region by providing trusted high-quality eye care for the indigent inner city population, innovating and making discoveries.
These are eye care health professionals who:
Diagnose and initiate treatment / appropriate management of all common eye problems, including refractive errors (blinding and potentially blinding conditions);
Recognise and refer to ophthalmologist those conditions that require more sophisticated/advanced care;
Organise and conduct outreach activities such as screening camps, school health programmes, etc.;
Impact primary eye health education on health promotion and prevention of preventable eye diseases;
Select and prepare patients who require intra-ocular surgery;
Assist the ophthalmologist in ophthalmic surgery;
Carry out post-operative management of the eye patients after surgery;
Perform eyelid and other specified minor extra-ocular operations;
Perform practical procedures involved in examination, investigation and treatment of common eye problems
Manage an eye clinic along with keeping records and supplies;
Supervise primary eye care personnel;
Perform refractive and prescribe spectacles to patients;
Perform a basic clinical low vision assessment and prescribe necessary interventions;
Ensure prevention maintenance and assured working condition of all types of instruments equipment used in eye care; and
Perform patient counselling and service marketing in eye care.