The South African National Council for the Blind invites applications from qualified individuals for the position of Clinical Field Manager - Bureau Eye Care.

The Job:

To coordinate the rendering of comprehensive eye health care services to prevent avoidable blindness:

• Give input to operations manager in tour planning
• Inspect vehicle and report condition of the vehicle
• Ensure availability of enough stock and consumables
• Ensure that all consumables are adequate
• Ensure that all documents and forms for tour are enough and ready
• Screen, take history and patient education
• Ensure correct visual acuities for diagnostic purposes.
• Diagnose, treat and referral for further Ophthalmic management
• Conduct low vision services
• Ensure that refraction and prescribing and dispensing of spectacles is properly done
• Have adequate skills in the use of specialised equipments
• Organise theatre to create a conducive working environment.
• Co-ordinate activities in the operating theatre
• Perform pre, intra and post operative tasks
• Perform overall management and co-ordination in theatre and in the field
• Facilitate post operative care measures to patients such as eye swabbing, drops, instillation, issuing of spectacles and health education
• Assist doctor in the post operative ward round
• Count medical consumables and spectacles and ensure proper record keeping thereof.
• Enforse equipment maintenance plan
• Supervise patient registration and collection of fees for consultation and spectacles.
• Keep financial records and control
• Ensure proper utilisation of equipments against the budget
• Ensure safe transportation of equipments and staff to various working areas.
• Control vehicle and assume accountability
• Organise implementation of tour programmes
• Ensure that field reports are delivered on time
• Ensure accurate and complete record keeping of activities, tour activities and generate and submit statistics and reports
• Monitor performance and development of staff
• Ensure staff surgical targets are reached
• Ensure valid registration with SANC
• Construct and manage project teams taking into account internal and external expertise e.g. Ophthalmic procedures
• Communicate to team members on issue that affect them directly and all stakeholders
• Maintain good communication with subordinates, the line managers, the organisation and the stake holders

The Person:

• Diploma in ophthalmic nursing
• Registration with the s.a.n.c
• Four to five years experience as in the ophthalmology department
• First line manager
• Refraction course
• Biometry
• Slitlamp examination and tonometry
• Low vision
• Vision 20/20
• Computer literacy

Closing date for applications: 26 October 2011

Salary: R16,273.96 min – R22,782.06 Med R27,119.22 Max - Cost to company

Salary is negotiable based on relevant experience and qualifications. A driver’s license will be an added advantage for the post, the SANCB will assist the successful candidate in getting a code 10 with PDP.

Please send your complete CV to the human Resource Officer  if you are interested in applying for this position. Council will only communicate with shortlisted candidates.