Optometry

Available locations:

CHI at Crumlin, CHI at Temple Street

An optometrist is a healthcare provider who has specialised in detecting and correcting conditions that affect vision and eye health.

The main roles of a hospital optometrist is to provide specialist refraction, eye examinations and paediatric contact lens services.

The optometrist typically works alongside the Orthoptists and the Ophthalmologists providing a multidisciplinary team approach to eye care.

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The role includes

testing to determine the optimal glasses prescription and vision
contact lens fitting for children following cataract extraction
examination of children suffering from additional medical conditions and screening for associated eye complications

Patients that will be reviewed in the Orthoptic Department include those with:

reduced vision due to refractive error (need for glasses)
specialist contact lens fitting e.g. congenital cataract, irregular ocular surface, high prescriptions
stable ocular disease
myopia Management

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