Job Description

We are looking for awesome optometric assistant/technicians with strong customer service skills that are cheerful, friendly, and have a strong work ethic. We are a primary care practice and service a variety of patients from young children to the elderly and a variety of exam types including medical, contact lens, and wellness examinations. We are a relatively low volume, high customer service, patient care environment that strives for an excellent patient experience above all else.

​​​​​​​What you’ll be working on

• Obtain patient physical history to include chief complaint, reason for visit, current medications, allergies, past and current ocular and medical history.

• Perform various screening and tasks including, but not limited to visual acuity, lensometry, autorefraction, pupil evaluation, visual fields, ocular motility testing, measurement of eye pressure, drop instillation, etc.

• Perform and assist various diagnostic tests and ocular imaging including fundus photography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), topography, visual fields, etc.

• Set up exam rooms by ensuring that they are clean, organized, stocked with necessary medications, supplies, instruments, forms, and patient education materials.

• Ensure proper cleaning and disinfection of instruments and supplies.

• Facilitate clinic flow by scribing the exam into the electronic health record.

• Upload and organize diagnostic images from photos, OCT and topography.

• Facilitate and schedule follow up care

• Educate patient on post exam care and treatment plans

• Compose and scribe letters to coordinating physicians

• Assist with other administrative tasks as time permits such as answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, or checking patients in or out.

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