Danielle Eckersley Email & Phone Number

Peterlee, Gb

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

specialist orthoptic clinicsPaediatrics including SEN, cataracts and glaucoma patients. Adult including Neurological, strabismus and max fax patients assessments.

Admission & Discharge of surgical patients having phaco + IOL procedurescrub for IVITFFA, OCT expert in imaging orthoptist support for Neuro-Ophthalmologistorthoptics examinationson-call emergency eye clinic dutiesslit lamp assessment of cornea & ACbegan training for becoming YAG laser trained - stopped due to pandemic. production of PGDs for staff

Croydon University Hospital

Lead orthoptist for Southern branch at Croydon on site, manager of small team of staff including 4 Orthoptists, play therapist and ECLO planning clinics and rota's, ensuring appropriate staff cover, annual leave approval, appraisals of staff specialist orthoptist clinicslead Neuro-Orthoptist with links to Neurology and Endocrinology departments for improved patient care. specialist paediatric assessment, high level of safeguarding of paediatric patients required with strong links to safeguarding teams and social services teams.management team meets, risk assessments, managing risks and minimising risks to patients and staff.

Whipps Cross University Hospital

Deputy head orthoptist, assisting in running and managements of business departmentlead clinical educator for all medical staff requiring placements, organising timetables, allocation into appropriate clinics for experience and liaison with student and clinical staff,lead clinician for special educational needs schools, involving assessment of all children in attendance to SEN schools - included 7 schools (5 of which I was solely responsible for) organising Orthoptist and optometry assessments and clinics as required, updating systems and allowing assess into joint community systems used to allow passing on of relevant eye information into childrens EHCP. specialist glaucoma clinics for stable patientsspecialist neuro opthalmology and endocrinology patients clinics involvement,also involved in premature baby visual assessments as assistant for Ophthalmologist, specialist visual field and OCT assessments. had responsibility of producing financial documents at year end and to ensure new production prior to new financial year. involvement in educational half days, also organised WX Annual Orthoptic study day 2015/2016

Frimley Park Hospital

first clinical role, experience in standard orthoptic clinics, also enhanced experience within stroke ward, assessment of patients,also had experience as a research Orthoptist GCP trained, certified operating OCT, FFA, Colour fundus, presented involvement in study to R&D which was accepted, carrying out recruitment and involvement in clinical trial of Orthoptist patients with homonymous hemianopiainvolvement in junior doctor training, educational half days, promoting training of multiple professionals became clinical educator for orthoptics in 2013trained in IOL master, biometry assessments and cataracts pre op assessments, presented interesting case at IOA conference in Toronto in 2012, written up into BIOJ later that year