Description
Receive patient referrals from the eye casualty and neurology departments, eye clinics, general practitioners, health visitors and community clinics.
Alternative labels
receive referrals from eye casualty and neurology departments
receive referrals from eye clinics
receive patient referral with eye condition
accept referrals with eye conditions
receive patient referrals with eye condition
take in referrals with eye conditions
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
occupation-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Receive patient referrals with eye conditions is an essential skill of the following occupations:
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.
Optional skill
Receive patient referrals with eye conditions is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
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