Vacancy within RVI

The Eye Department will shortly be advertising a number of vacancies for optometrists on www.jobs.nhs.uk

We will consider applications from suitably qualified staff who can work full or part-time (from 1 day per week upwards) with the number of sessions open to discussion depending on the applicants and their area of specialist interest.

The successful candidates will have the opportunity to be involved in providing a wide range of services including Medical Retina, Glaucoma and Eye Emergency. You will get an insight into the expanding role of an Optometrist in a busy hospital environment.

The clinical work is varied day to day and will include adult refraction, children’s refraction (with and without cycloplegia), contact lens fitting and aftercare, visual fields using Humphrey and Goldmann perimeters, post-op cataract examinations, low vision. We are fully involved in specialist corneal clinics with access to corneal topography and specular microscopy.

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