Description
The Ophthalmic Technician is responsible for working up the patient, assisting the doctor, and performing diagnostic testing.
Responsibilities
- • Works up patients
- • Performs pretesting and diagnostic testing
- • Assists physicians with procedures
- • Assists physicians with documentation in the EHR
- • Scribes for physicians when needed
- • Maintains exam rooms including stocking and cleaning
- • Checks and stocks travel bags and equipment for satellites
- • Assists with maintaining and ordering medical supplies
- • Travels to satellite locations as needed
- • Provides on-going training of Patient Care Assistants
- • Maintains knowledge of and follows policies, procedures, Code of Conduct, and all Federal and state rules and regulations related to the position.
- • Attends all required compliance trainings.
- • Fill RX refill request
- • Triage patients/decides if/when follow up is necessary.
- • Return patient phone calls/answering questions or concerns
- • Completes all required compliance training.
- • Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.
Experience Requirements
1 year
- High School diploma or equivalent is required; a minimum of one (1) year ophthalmic clinical experience is preferred; experience with electronic health records is preferred.
Skills
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- • Knowledge of anatomy of the eye, ocular conditions and ocular imaging equipment
- • Ability to do a basic slit lamp exam, refract the patient and use the following equipment: auto-refractor, tonometry, visual fields, OCT, pachymetry, corneal topography, Optical Biometry (including IOL Master and/or Lenstar), B-scan and A-Scan
- • Ability to transfer mobile patients to exam chair and occasionally move patients in a wheelchair
- • Good problem solving and decision-making skills
- • Good interpersonal and customer service skills
- • Good dexterity
- • Good computer skills including use of standard office programs
- • Ability to perform tasks in a timely manner
- • Ability to speak, read, and write in English
- • Ability to pleasantly and effectively communicate both orally and in writing
- • Ability to operate standard office equipment
- • Ability to concentrate, think, and learn
- • Ability to hear, see, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, lift, push, and pull.
Education Requirements
high schoolPosted 10 months ago