Advance your knowledge, skills and experience and become a leader in the field of paediatric ophthalmology. This course is designed for orthoptists, optometrists and ophthalmic nurses who provide eye care for children and young people and want to develop their careers and improve the services they provide.You will cover all four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research. In your first year, you will study how to diagnose and manage a wide range of ophthalmology conditions that primarily affect children and young people, at an advanced level. You will apply this knowledge to your practice through work-based learning.In your second year, you will take our Clinical Leadership and Education in Ophthalmology module, which is the only module of its kind to focus on the knowledge and skills leaders and educators need when working in eyecare specifically. There are also optional modules on assessing and managing low vision patients, diseases that affect ocular motility, the prescription and non-prescription medicines that orthoptists can use, and research methods.The programme is led by practising orthoptists and eyecare experts. In your final year, you can work with them on an independent research project, either by collecting and analysing your data, or exploring the latest findings on a specific topic.This course is also available as an apprenticeship programme, which may be of particular interest to clinicians working in NHS Trusts who can access NHS England’s apprenticeship levy.