Mr Rautenbach trained as an Ophthalmologist in London/Kent Surrey Sussex , Mersey and the Southwest Peninsula deanery in the UK. Has has also undertaken targeted fellowship training at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Oculoplastics and Glaucoma. He started as a Consultant in the trust in 2016.

He has gained experience in various specialties including general practice prior to Ophthalmology and has a special interest in primary care/emergency ophthalmology as well as cataracts, glaucoma and oculoplastics. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.