Ophthalmic Practitioner at Eye Foundation Hospital

Job Summary

• The Ophthalmic Practitioner is responsible for patient’s registration, orderliness in the clinic and record management of both pre-op and post-op patient.

Responsibilities
Admission:

• Take patient to appropriate designated area of required care
• Ensure room is ready and AC is put on
• Take patient for biometry if not done
• Call lab scientist if not done
• Ensure theatre gown is in all the room
• Ensure patients wear the gown as soon as they get into the room
• Raise bills for patients
• Ensure patient gown is removed as soon as they enter into the room 2 hours after surgery
• Check pre and post op vital signs
• Transfer patient into the theatre with file
• Ensure payment for surgery by checking for payment
• Ensure patient is comfortable
• Ensure juice and water is in patient fridge
• Take patient back to the ward after surgery
• Enter post op pink sheet on the indigo
• Ensure ‘’DONE ‘’is clicked on the indigo couselling for all surgery patient
• Write AEC for patient
• Adequate handover.

Night Duty Admissions:

• Take over from morning shift
• Remove pad fom paient eye
• Ensure post op VA is done
• Ensure VA is written in the yellow form
• Tag surgery files
• Enter VA in excel sheet
• Ensure slit lamp,prescription sheet,appointment sheet and other prints are available
• Ensure biometry and lab for surgery patient for the next day are tagged if not yet done
• Ensure post op yellow sheet and pink sheetis entered in the indigo
• Preparation of theatre at 6am
• Drape preparation.

Ward Assistant (Admissions):

• Ensure in-patients have hospital complimentary drinks and snacks
• Raise bills for all patients
• Take patient for biometry
• Enter patients details in the indigo
• Ensure water, juice and toileteries are in patient room
• Ensure councellation if necessary
• Ensure approval when necessary
• Enter surgeries in the excell sheet
• Ensure all discharged patients are entered into the indigo and click done
• Verify kitchen meal invoice
• Scan and upload all operation notes any other documents for upload
• Write sales report.

Clinic Morning Duty:

• Ensure to attend the morning meetings and hurdles at 8am
• Ensure the clinic is ready by 8.10 am .
• Ensure facial tissue,purit are in the consulting room
• Ensure prescription sheet,lenses ie 20D,78D,90D etc ,appointment sheet are in the consulting room
• Ensure ROS pack is in the consulting room
• Ensure indirect opthalmoscope is in consulting room
• Ensure slit lamp is on and tested and ok
• Ensure the computer is ready for indigo
• Enter all seen patients on indigo
• Call the right patient in to see the consultant or resident as the case may be
• Enter details on the indigo
• Take the file out to the outstationed nurse or ncop
• Ensure patients are attended to accordingly
• Ensure the slit lamps are covered at the end of the clinic
• If on duty on Sunday, slit lamps should be thoroughly cleaned, savlon bottles washed and refilled per week quantity.

For Outpatient Department:

• Collect file from inside stationed ncop
• Ensure vital signs are done in VA Room
• Ensure instructions are carried out e.g dilation,navigation to procedure or pharmacy or counselling dept etc.