Optometrist

The eye care team is a very important service within the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) areas. The Optometrist, as part of that team, has a vital role to play in providing a comprehensive and high quality eye care service to patients in conjunction with other members of the Eye Care and MMUH teams.

The Optometrist will have responsibility for delivery and continuity of a patient centred care including primary ocular examinations of patients and where appropriate to conduct necessary examinations and investigations, and also to detect primary ophthalmic pathology in patients referred to the Rare Eye Disease Service (specifically to European Reference Network for rare Eye Disease ERN EYE Ireland Consortium – EEIC at MMUH) and to manage or direct such patients for appropriate treatment, in line with their scope of practice and department team clinical governance.

The person appointed to this post will work within MMUH and its campuses, working as part of Ocular Genetics / Rare Eye Disease teams delivering a coordinated approach to rare eye disease patient care.

The current optometry service contributes extended practice to a range of ophthalmology clinics, currently including but not exclusively; Diabetic retinopathy treatment centre (DRT), AMD/Medical Retina clinics, Cataract clinics , Glaucoma clinics, Eye Emergency dept. including virtual triage and clinical sessions, and providing a specialist contact lenses service.

The Optometrist, whilst part of the wider optometry team and service provided here, will be solely to support the rare eye disease service (EEIC) via electrodiagnostic testing, specialist clinics, low vision support and clinical trial support. They will also have, or for some areas, be provided with, the necessary education, training and support to enable these extended roles

Informal enquiries: Prof David Keegan, 087 0555378.

For more information please see attached job description.