Optometrist Job in Lagos at Box & Cedar

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Job Title: Optometrist
Location: Lagos, NIGERIA
Job Description:

• Communicating with patients to get detailed case histories;
• Liaising with other medical practitioners and sometimes sharing the care of patients with chronic ophthalmic conditions;
• Issuing prescriptions for spectacles or contact lenses;
• Fitting and checking prescribed lenses in order to correct vision defects;
• Managing the retail aspects of spectacles, contact lenses and other vision care products;
• Checking for signs and symptoms of general health conditions (e.g. diabetes);
• Administering, organizing and planning the development of the practice;
• Liaising with sales representatives from vision care product suppliers
• Examining the eyes of patients of all ages to detect signs of injury, disease, abnormality or vision defects;
• Offering advice and reassurance about vision-related matters;
• Offering help and advice for patients choosing frames and lenses;
• Writing referral communications to doctors;

• First degree in Optometry
• Current practicing licence is compulsory

• Management and business skills,plus ability to multitask and delegate