About

Mobile optometry in Brisbane

Sight on Site is a Brisbane mobile optometry practice. We bring the full clinic to homes, schools, aged care facilities, villages and workplaces across South East Queensland.

Ali Selman Bachelor of Vision Science, Master of Optometry · AHPRA registered Optometrist
The Optometrist

Ali Selman, Optometrist

Ali Selman holds a Bachelor of Vision Science and a Master of Optometry. He is AHPRA registered and therapeutically endorsed, with clinical experience spanning ophthalmology and optometry clinics, from hospital eye clinics to community practice.

“They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I say beauty is the eye itself.”

Ali Selman
Read the Director’s mission statement

Registered, endorsed and insured

AHPRA registered and therapeutically endorsed, so prescription eye medications can be issued on the spot. Member of Optometry Australia, with professional indemnity and public liability cover for mobile and on site clinics.

Clinical interests

Paediatric vision and myopia management, glaucoma and retinal assessment, and domiciliary and aged care eye health.

Unhurried appointments

A comprehensive examination runs 30 to 45 minutes, and a full hour per resident in villages and aged care. Every pair is checked and the final fitting reviewed before it reaches you.

Frames chosen one at a time

The collection is selected frame by frame for how it looks and how it wears: hand finished acetate, stainless steel and lightweight titanium, fitted in person.

Who a visit at your address suits
  • Families managing young children
  • Residents in villages and aged care
  • Students during the school day
  • Anyone whose schedule or mobility makes the trip to a practice difficult
Our Approach

How does our mobile optometry work?

We bring a purpose built clinic vehicle to your address. Eye examinations are bulk billed through Medicare for card holders.

Eye health in Brisbane

Many eye conditions develop without obvious symptoms. Distance, mobility and time are the common reasons a check gets put off.

What hosting the vehicle takes
  • A parking space close to the entrance
  • Level ground where the ramp is needed
  • A room and a power point instead, where the vehicle cannot get close
The Vehicle

A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, purpose built as a clinic on wheels

The clinic is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter carrying a body built by Varley, the Australian manufacturer that builds ambulances for Queensland Ambulance Service. It is a box body on a cab chassis, so the interior is a room you stand up in, with the instruments installed along the walls.

Full height inside

You walk in through the side door and sit down in the examination chair. The door closes, so the consultation is private, and there is room for a family member or carer to sit in.

Steps, a grab rail and a ramp

Steps and a grab rail at the side door, with a portable ramp on request. Tell us when you book if the steps will be difficult and we will set up inside instead.

Air conditioning, a fridge and cabinetry

Cold storage for eye drops, and the cabinetry carries the frame range, dispensing tools and everything else a clinic room holds.

Instruments installed and calibrated

The vision tester, slit lamp and visual field analyser are mounted in place, so the examination runs the same way at every address.

Credentials & Funding

Registration and funding

Sight on Site Optometry is run by a registered, therapeutically endorsed optometrist. Most eye examinations are bulk billed through Medicare, and all major private health funds can be claimed on the spot.

AHPRA
Practitioner registration
Therapeutically endorsed
Prescribing optometrist
Medicare
Bulk billed exams
Private health funds
Claimed on the spot
DVA
For DVA card holders
MASS
Government funded spectacles
What an examination includes
  • Visual acuity testing
  • Subjective and objective refraction
  • Ocular pressure measurement
  • Slit lamp examination of the anterior and posterior eye
  • Retinal and optic nerve assessment
  • Slit lamp photography
  • Full automated visual field testing for glaucoma and neurological assessment
The Clinic, On Wheels

What equipment do we carry?

The clinic vehicle is installed and calibrated with the same diagnostic equipment used in any well equipped Australian optometry practice.

Automated vision tester

Objective and subjective refraction with Topcon vision testers.

Slit lamp biomicroscope

Detailed examination of the anterior eye, eyelids and tear film with the Topcon SL-D7.

Retinal examination

Slit lamp and Volk diagnostic lenses for retinal and optic nerve health.

iCare and Goldmann tonometers

Eye pressure measurement for glaucoma assessment.

Slit lamp photography

Imaging through the slit lamp, so changes can be compared over time.

Full automated visual field testing

For industry standard visual field assessment and monitoring.

Delivery in 2 to 3 weeks

Your order goes into lens production within one business day. Allow around 2 to 3 weeks for delivery. Shipping is free on orders over $199. Any shipping cost is shown at checkout.

Changes and cancellations

Orders can be changed or cancelled until the end of the day of purchase. After that, prescription eyewear is custom made, so if something is not right, contact us.

12 month hassle free frame warranty

Manufacturing faults and defects repaired or replaced for 12 months.

Aftercare comes to you

Free fitting adjustments and minor repairs whenever our mobile clinic is in your area.

Ready to Book

Book an eye examination

Bulk billed eye examinations, available across South East Queensland. We come back to you within one business day.

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