BCVI

📢 WE'RE HIRING | OPHTHALMIC ASSISTANT – BELIZE CITY

BCVI is seeking a dedicated, compassionate, and service-oriented person to join our Belize City team as Ophthalmic Assistant.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with people, has strong communication and computer skills, and is passionate about helping improve access to quality eye care for Belizeans. The successful candidate will support clinic operations, assist optometrists and ophthalmologists, coordinate outreach activities, conduct patient screening, and help patients access the care and services they need.

Minimum Requirements:
✔ Associate Degree
✔ Computer literacy, including Microsoft Office
✔ Strong communication and customer service skills
✔ Ability to demonstrate empathy and professionalism in a clinical setting
✔ Working knowledge of Spanish is an asset
✔ Experience in customer service, sales, or volunteer work is an advantage

📍 Location: Belize City
📅 Application Deadline: June 25, 2026

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and résumé to:
📧 [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Join BCVI and help us make quality eye care accessible to all Belizeans. 👁️💙

Today, on Teacher’s Day, we celebrate the incredible educators across Belize who go above and beyond every single day for students who are blind or have low vision.

In classrooms throughout the country, there are teachers adapting lessons, offering extra encouragement, learning new ways to support accessibility, and making sure no child is left behind. Your patience, creativity, compassion, and commitment are helping students not only learn — but truly believe in their own potential.

At BCVI, we see the difference you make, and we thank you for being champions of inclusion, opportunity, and education for every child.

Happy Teacher’s Day to the educators helping our students see a brighter future in every possible way. 💙📚✨

BCVI was overflowing today with patients for visiting Retinal Specialist Dr Inder Singal 👀🫶

In addition to treating patients in Belize for more than 15 years, Dr Singal has donated essential equipment and contributed full Scholarships in Optometry, Medicine and Ophthalmology - including Dr Kiria Mayen, our first full-time, Belizean surgical Ophthalmologist in more than 20 years! 👩‍⚕️

We are immensely thankful for the generosity and compassion Dr Singal continues to show for our Belizean people and the country's national eye care programme. 🇧🇿

Thank you 🙏

BCVIs Programme Officer and Senior Optometrist Freddy Nicholson vitis Storm Eye Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina for additional training in Pediatric Ophthalmology with a focus on Low Vision. 🤓

MUSC and SEI have supported Belizeans in need of eye care for more than 10 years! Dr Millicent Petetseim, Dr Baxter McLendon and Dr Jim Hill have first-hand experience of the needs in Belize's eye health sector and continue to be instrumental in strengthening BCVIs programmes. 👨‍⚕️

We look forward to sharing this knowledge with our fantastic team on the ground throughout Belize and further enhancing our services! 💚