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A professionally qualified, highly motivated individual with a strong work ethic. A pragmatic, highly versatile, results driven professional with demonstrable success early in her career. A self motivated, self managed individual with a passion for teaching.
Work
experience
Optometrist:
Specsavers Bristol, 2012-2014:
I spent two years after I qualified working full-time for a busy Specsavers practice in Bristol city centre. My main duties as an Optometrist include eye examinations and contact lens assessments. Eye examinations can cover anything from a simple refraction to fit for glasses to more extensive ocular health checks to assess for any disease and refer appropriately. It is also my responsibility with my contact lens patients to instruct and train them on lens insertion and removal and good contact lens hygiene and care regimen. Alongside eye examinations I have also been involved in training new members of staff with no optometric background to be able to dispense and triage patients appropriately.
Locum Optometrist, Bristol area; 2014-2015:
As a locum Optometrist I worked for several different multiples; Specsavers, Vision Express, Boots. I also spent some time working with a refractive surgery company - Optimax. My duties in Optimax included; pre-surgery consultations to assess for suitablilty, post-surgery consultations to ensure the eye is healing, and aftercare for up to 6 months or longer when necessary to assess and monitor the eyes post-surgery.
Specsavers Liffey Valley, 2015- present:
I recently relocated to Dublin and have taken up a part-time position as an Optometrist with a newly opened store in Liffey Valley. My duties as an Optometrist are similar to before - eye examinations and contact lens assessments. I also get to spend some more time now with the patients' helping with the choosing and fitting of spectacles etc...
Skills
Refraction
Contact Lenses
Eye Health
Research
Dry Eye
Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
Demodex
Languages
English
Irish
French
Education
Post-graduate Education. Dublin Institute of Technology
2014 - present
I began my post-graduate studies in August 2014, part-time. The present working title of my PhD is; Comparison of traditional treatment methods and new techniques including OCuSOFT Plus and Tranquileyes on Demodex Folliculitis and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD).
Projects to date:
-To investigate the prevalence of Demdoex folliculorum among symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals.
-To establish the efficacy of OCuSOFT Plus at treating Demodex infestation.
Currently we are investigating the efficacy of OCuSOFT Lid Scrub Plus at killing Demodex when used for an extended period of 4 weeks. Recruitment and data collection are still ongoing.
Third - level Education. Dublin Institite of Technology
2007 - 2011
BSc. (Hons) Optometry, First Class Honors
Dissertation Project: A Literature review on refractive error and visual impairment in school children in the United Kingdom. Evaluate and compare the DT224 year 4 paediatric school screening findings.
Modules studied; Ophthalmic Optics & Dispensing, Geometrical+ Physical Optics, Ocular Anatomy and Physiology, Cell Biology, Advanced Clinical Techniques, Ocular disease, Ocular and General Pharmacology, Physiology of Vision, Binocular Vision, Ocular Biochemistry, Experimental Statistics, Contact Lenses, Environmental Optometry, Paediatric Optometry, Vision Rehabilitation Optometry, Topics in Modern Optometry.
Leaving Certificate Examinations. Meánscoil na Toirbhirte, Dingle, Co. Kerry.
2007; 560 points
Higher Level: Biology (A1), Chemistry (A1), Maths (A2), English (A2), Irish (A2), French (A2)