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Jennifer Ekeh

Shereveport

Summary

A team-oriented optometrist pursuing studies in public health. Skilled in research, highly organized, and adaptable, with a strong commitment to collaboration. Dependable and proactive, successfully managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and a willingness to take on additional responsibilities to support team and community health goals.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Assistant

Louisiana State University Shreveport
08.2024 - Current
  • Work collaboratively with LSUS faculty and staff to affect quality service to stakeholders
  • Proficiently apply current technological tools in the dispatch of assigned work.
  • Collect and aggregate relevant data.
  • Assist various faculty/staff in research projects.
  • Assist various faculty/staff in tasks related to instructional delivery.
  • Assist in planning, organization, and deployment of events.
  • Collect, organize, and archive relevant documents






General Secretary

PENCHANT EYE HEALTH FOUNDATION
01.2020 - 12.2023
  • Ensuring the effective functioning and success of the organization
  • Overseeing the administrative and operational functions of the Organization
  • Involved in all strategic plannings of the NGO, collaborating with all stakeholders to achieve our goal
  • Involved in fund raising, including grant writing, donor relations and seeking out financial supports from various sources to sustain and expand the organizations activities

Optometrist/ Branch Manager

OPTICKA VISION JABI
05.2020 - 11.2023
  • Patient care coordination which includes handling, accurate examinations, analyze test results, diagnose and develop treatment plan for vision challenges presented by the patient
  • Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene and safety factors
  • Marketing frames, contact lenses and optical aids to patients when the need arises
  • Involved in every administrative management which includes financial, human resource, scheduling and facility management
  • Oversees health care compliance and regulations
  • Supervises inventory control
  • Manages community engagement and marketing
  • Ensures continual professional development for staffs

NYSC (NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS)

Gwarinpa General Hospital
04.2019 - 03.2020
  • Company Overview: Life Camp, Abuja
  • Acting as first point of contact for all patient in need of vision care
  • Maintaining upmost levels of professionalism and adherence to strict clinical procedure
  • Clerking of patients which includes thorough vital sign checks and thorough case history
  • Handling, accurate examinations, analyze test results, diagnose and develop treatment plan for vision challenges presented by the patient
  • Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene and safety factors
  • Marketing frames, contact lenses and optical aids to patients when the need arises
  • Daily book keeping and records of services rendered and purchased optical wears
  • Inspection of Clinical instruments before and after clinic hours
  • Prepare for weekly continual professional development presentations
  • Life Camp, Abuja

Intern Optometrist

National Assembly Eye Clinic
03.2018 - 02.2019
  • Receive, clerk, examine, diagnose and create treatment plans for patients under supervision
  • Provision of health care and administrative services to patients
  • Handling and ensuring optimum maintenance of ophthalmic instruments
  • Provision of standard eye examination, accurate diagnosis and ideal treatment plan
  • Dispensing of lens prescriptions
  • Referral to ophthalmologist where need arises
  • Provision of pre- and post-operative care to patients before and after surgery

Optometry Extern

Hovas Place Eye Care and Surgery Center
10.2016 - 02.2017
  • An externship student under strict supervision by ophthalmologist and optometrist
  • Great assistant to ophthalmologist and optometrist during every clinical procedure in order to be learned on patient management
  • Learned how to diagnose various ocular conditions

Industrial Training

Sightique Opticals
06.2016 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: Glazing and Surfacing programme
  • Learned how to fit and read lens prescription under supervision
  • Learned to use various glazing machines
  • Learned the various techniques involved in lens prescription production
  • Glazing and Surfacing programme

Industrial Training

Nataford consultant hospital
08.2015 - 10.2015
  • Company Overview: Solo program
  • Assisting in various clinical procedures under strict supervision by ophthalmologist and optometrist
  • Learned the necessary procedures in subjective and objective refraction
  • Learned and practice contact lens care and fitting
  • Solo program

Education

Master of Science - Public Health

Louisiana State University Shreveport
Shreveport, LA
05-2026

Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) - MNOA

University of Benin
01.2017

Skills

  • Academic Research
  • Data Collation
  • Administrative Duties
  • Event Organization
  • Effective Communication Skills
  • Advanced Optometric Clinical Diagnostics & Imaging
  • Hands-on Optometric Procedures
  • Specialty Contact Lens & Vision Therapy
  • Patient Care & Ophthalmic Dispensing

Affiliations

  • Member, Nigeria Optometric Association (NOA)
  • Member Family of Optometry Mentors (FOM)
  • Member America Diabetes Association

Hobbies and Interests

  • Chess
  • Food Art.


Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 01/12/94
  • Gender: Female

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Graduate Assistant

Louisiana State University Shreveport
08.2024 - Current

Optometrist/ Branch Manager

OPTICKA VISION JABI
05.2020 - 11.2023

General Secretary

PENCHANT EYE HEALTH FOUNDATION
01.2020 - 12.2023

NYSC (NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS)

Gwarinpa General Hospital
04.2019 - 03.2020

Intern Optometrist

National Assembly Eye Clinic
03.2018 - 02.2019

Optometry Extern

Hovas Place Eye Care and Surgery Center
10.2016 - 02.2017

Industrial Training

Sightique Opticals
06.2016 - 06.2016

Industrial Training

Nataford consultant hospital
08.2015 - 10.2015

Master of Science - Public Health

Louisiana State University Shreveport

Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) - MNOA

University of Benin
Jennifer Ekeh