Ophthalmic Assistant / Tech

• High school diploma
• Two years minimum experience in an ophthalmic office
• Certification a plus

• Basic computer knowledge/skills
• Good time management
• Strong organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Self-discipline
• Ability to work as a team member
• Respectful treatment of patients and coworkers
• Strong communication and professional skills
• Empathetic personality giving attention to patient needs and concerns
• Maintaining patient confidentiality
• Excellent verbal and written skills

Communication and patient care

• →Interacts with all patients using the level of respect and professionalism required by
• →this practice.
• →Obtains patient history, to include chief complaint, history of present illness, past
• →history (ocular and general) and history of allergies and medications.
• →Performs accurate and consistent documentation and measurement tasks, to
• →include:
• →Visual acuity
• →Lensometry
• →Confrontational visual fields
• →Motility
• →Pupillary function
• →OCT and Photography
• →Color plates
• →Applanation Tonometry
• →Pachymetry
• →Humphrey Visual Fields
• →Refraction

Instrument Maintenance

• →Troubleshoots instrument repairs as necessary
• →Replaces bulbs
• →Checks connections
• →Reports continued problems to Lead Tech

Clinic and Triage

• →Returns patient phone calls and calls in prescriptions as necessary
• →Escorts patients from the waiting room to exam/testing rooms
• →Following testing, advises as to who will see them next
• →Maintains a smooth flow of patients to the physician
• →Escorts patients from the clinical area to the check-out desk

Administrative

• →Helps maintain stock levels and cleanliness of exam lanes
• →Check for outdates of eye drops in exam lanes
• →Performs other duties as required