orthoptist

Orthoptists diagnose and treat anomalies of binocular vision. They examine, assess and treat vision impairments, squint, amblyopia and eye motility disorders. Orthoptists apply these methods in particular in the fields of paediatrics, neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, ophthalmology, orthoptics, optometry, pleoptics and strabology assessing functional diseases of the eye for improving functional disorders of the visual system. They also provide counselling, preventive measures and training activities and may refract and prescribe glasses, such as prism corrective glasses.

Alternative Labels

expert orthoptist

orthoptics expert

orthoptics practitioner

orthoptics specialist

orthoptist

practitioner of orthoptics

qualified orthoptist

specialist in orthoptics

specialist orthoptist

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

accept own accountability adhere to organisational guidelines advise on healthcare users' informed consent advise patients on vision improvement conditions apply context specific clinical competences apply organisational techniques carry out orthoptic treatments communicate in healthcare comply with legislation related to health care comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice conduct specialised orthoptic tests contribute to continuity of health care deal with emergency care situations develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship diagnose problems of the visual system educate on the prevention of illness empathise with the healthcare user ensure safety of healthcare users follow clinical guidelines inform policy makers on health-related challenges interact with healthcare users listen actively manage healthcare users' data perform vision rehabilitation promote inclusion promote ocular health provide health education provide therapy of the visual system provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health receive patient referrals with eye conditions record healthcare users' progress related to treatment respond to changing situations in health care supervise orthoptic treatments test visual acuity undertake healthcare examination use e-health and mobile health technologies work in a multicultural environment in health care work in multidisciplinary health teams

Essential Knowledge

anaesthetics contact lens fitting techniques first aid health care legislation health care occupation-specific ethics human anatomy human physiology hygiene in a health care setting medical informatics medical terminology neuro-ophthalmology neurology neurophysiology ophthalmological examination methods optics orthoptics paediatric psychology paediatrics pathology pharmacology professional documentation in health care psychology treatment of strabismus types of strabismus

Optional Skills and Competences

participate in medical inventory control prescribe corrective lenses record healthcare users' billing information select intraocular lenses for surgery use foreign languages for health-related research use foreign languages in patient care

Optional Knowledge

pedagogy

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/771244bf-b204-4e7f-8b25-ee523ae7b791

Status

released

Occupations

orthoptist

Description

Skills & Competences

Concept URI