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Description
Tanner Clinic has an immediate opening for a full-time Ophthalmic Assistant at our Layton B location.
Schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using an auto rotator.
- Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
- Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
- Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
- Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, camera, OCT, or visual field machine.
- Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
- Take and document patients' medical histories.
- Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
- Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
- Measure corneal curvature with keratometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
- Performs initial patient exams, which includes: patient history, vision test, , dilation, and manifest refraction.
- Performs automated and manual testing: corneal topography, autorefraction, visual fields, OCT, pachymetry, color vision tests and IOL Master.
- Assists principal investigator and/or research coordinator with gathering appropriate documents and performing initial patient exams for clinical research.
- Gathers, cleans, and distributes surgical instruments for in-office minor surgery.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education: High school diploma and certification from the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) or CMA willing to learn position and renewed COA status within two year.
Experience: Previous eye care assistance experience preferred.
Other Requirements: None
Performance Requirements:
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of medical terminology and organization services.
- Knowledge of individual responsibilities to accurately direct callers.
Skills:
- Interpersonal/human relations skills.
- Adequate hearing to answer phone and speak with patients.
- Attentiveness to detail.
- Ability to extract data from conversation and documents
- Ability to speak clearly and loudly enough to be heard by patients.
Abilities:
- Elicits appropriate information to route calls to the appropriate person.
- Prevents, calms, or defuses irate callers and patients by working with them to identify concerns and properly directs calls.
Equipment Operated: Standard office equipment including computers, fax machines, copiers, printers, telephones, etc.
Work Environment: Standard office equipment including computers, fax machines, copiers, printers, telephones, etc.
Mental/Physical Requirements: Involves standing and walking approximately 90 percent of the day and sitting the remainder.