Opthomologist
People Tree Hospitals, Yeswanthpur, Bangalore
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on 07-06-2023
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1 Vacancy
Description
- Assessing and examining patients in order to make a diagnosis.
- Management of ophthalmic conditions, taking into account both medical and psychological aspects of patient care.
- Managing busy general outpatient clinics, emergency eye clinics and specialist clinics.
- Ward rounds, but this is limited as most ophthalmic patients have day surgery and do not stay in hospital overnight.
- Working well as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes optometrists, orthoptists and nurses.
- Collaboration with other specialists, including diabetologists, neurologists, ENT (ear, nose and throat) and maxillofacial surgeons, and pediatricians, amongst others.
- Operating equipment such as ophthalmoscopes, slit lamps and lenses.
- Carrying out surgical procedures using an operating microscope, small incision, phaco surgery, laser surgery, etc..
- Making high-level judgements due to the complexities of ophthalmic conditions.
- Communicating and empathizing with patients and family members.
- Educating patients to understand their medical condition.
- Supporting health promotion and disease prevention activities.
- Management of medical disorders affecting vision, such as inflammatory, vascular, neurological and genetic disorders, thyroid eye disease, diabetes and strokes, by using an holistic approach and not just focusing on the eye
- Using therapeutic procedures, such as laser therapy and intraocular, periocular and injections.
- Carrying out biopsies of tissues, including the eye.
- Diagnosing and managing retinal diseases.
Category
Doctor / Surgeon
Functional Area
Ophthalmology
Preferred Education
DNB OphthalmologyMBBSMD Ophthalmology