Ophthalmic Technician / Medical Assistance

Well established Ophthalmology practice in Washington PA now hiring for an Ophthalmic technician that will support our high-volume practice. We focuses on providing quality and compassionate care to each patient needing complete eye care services from exam to eyewear.

Responsibilities:

This position requires customer service skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a degree of independent decision-making.

Ophthalmic skills include:

• Obtaining and documenting patient history
• Performs accurate ophthalmic procedures and testing (auto-refraction; visual acuity; measure and record glasses; tonometry; pupils; dilate; HRT; VF; pachymeter; corneal topography; OCT, keratometry; confrontation fields
• Performing automated refraction using Topcon System
• Administering eye drops, ointments, and irrigating solutions to the eye as ordered by physician
• Performing office duties and clinical tasks - entering data into charts
• Providing patient services

Qualifications:

• Dependable transportation required to travel to other offices as required
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• The ability to seek instruction in areas where he/she is not knowledgeable
• The ability to recognize inconsistencies