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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| orthoptist | Occupational skill for the role 'orthoptist' (also: practitioner of orthoptics, orthoptics specialist, specialist in orthoptics, qualified orthoptist, orthoptics expert, expert orthoptist). Use when the user asks for typical orthoptist work such as: Assist ophthalmologists in diagnostic ophthalmic procedures, such as ultrasonography, fundus photography, and tonometry.; Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.; Develop nonsurgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders. |
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.
Core workflow
- Assist ophthalmologists in diagnostic ophthalmic procedures, such as ultrasonography, fundus photography, and tonometry.
- Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.
- Develop nonsurgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.
- Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
- Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
- Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
- Interpret clinical or diagnostic test results.
- Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise patients on vision improvement conditions
- anaesthetics
- 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
- contact lens fitting techniques
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
Hot technologies
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Hot technologies
Top tools from 60 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-18):
- Microsoft Excel — 7 %
- Microsoft Office — 7 %
- Microsoft Word — 7 %
- Microsoft Outlook — 5 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/771244bf-b204-4e7f-8b25-ee523ae7b791), ONET 30.3 (29-1299.02). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*