Beverly Hills, CA30+ days ago
Annotates patient charts with exam and treatment results • Assists with office procedures, including performing diagnostic and eye function tests, such as: • Visual Acuity (Verbal and Non-Verbal) • Tonometry via Tonopen and Goldmann Applanation • Pachymetry with Pachymeter or Corneal Topography • Automated Lensometry • Non Subjective Autorefractometry/Keratometry • Ocular Coherence Tomography (Posterior and Anterior Segments) • Pupil Assessments • Motility Assessments • Visual Field Testing (confrontation/Amsler grids/Humphrey Visual Fields) • Anterior Chamber Evaluation • Fundus Photography • IOL coherence (A-scan and B-Scan) • Schirmer's Stereopsis • Ishihara Color Plates and/or other tests as directed • Assists with office procedures, including RK surgery, irrigation of Nasolacrimal duct, chalazion excision and tear duct probes • Administers topical medications or diagnostic drugs as required by the Ophthalmologist/Optometrist for testing or treatment, including cycloplegiacs, mydriatics, and topical anesthetics that are not controlled substances • Schedules surgeries, calling surgical center, verifying times with patients, and preparing charts, pre-admission and consent forms • Schedules patients with other doctors for consultation as required • Counsels patients in the office and on the phone concerning physicians orders, use of drops, contact lenses, medications, and answers questions concerning surgery • Orders contact lenses, fits prescription lenses, writes prescriptions, and approves medication refills under physicians instructions • Performs environmental cleaning and disinfection of clinical areas, including equipment sterilization. • Escorts patients to examining rooms • Takes detailed medical histories • Determines the reason for the visit • Checks patients pupils, muscle, visual acuity, extra ocular movements • Presents patient history summary and alerts Ophthalmologist/Optometrist to changes in visual acuity, elevated extra ocular pressure or blood pressure, etc.