Ophthalmic Technician I - Westwood, Ophthalmology

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Posted Date

09/10/2024

Salary Range: $33.02 - 43.56 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

18963

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Are you passionate about making a difference in patient care? We're seeking a dynamic individual to join our Retinal Disorders & Ophthalmic Genetics clinic in Westwood! This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team dedicated to providing exceptional care to our patients. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Obtain medical histories from patients with various medical conditions
• Document ocular history and conduct visual acuity tests
• Perform autorefractometry, lensometry, tonometry, and pupillary defect assessments
• Assist with OCT, OCTA, and visual field testing
• Assist with minor procedures
• Support administrative tasks such as clinic preparation, appointment scheduling, phone handling, and processing prescription refill authorizations

Salary Range: $33.02-43.56 Hourly

This position may be support other divisions/clinics in Westwood as needed.

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Knowledge of ophthalmic medical terminology anatomy, physiology as well as disease of the eye and systemic disease that affect the eye.
• Skill in acquiring accurate medical history, measuring, and recording visual acuity, and tonometry.
• Ability to learn state of the art diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic medications and the proper instillation of these into the eye.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic equipment and instrument sterilization techniques.
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties to maximize efficiency.
• Ability to work under pressure over a busy workload.
• Have interpersonal skills to maintain comfortable and cooperative working relationships with physicians, patients and co-workers.
• Ability to work as a team member in a busy practice.
• Ability to use ophthalmic equipment such as tonopen, slit lamp, va monitor, auto-refractor, chair and applanation tonometer.
• Ability to work with Microsoft Word and Excel software.
• Must be able to work with regular, planned hours and days of the week based on the clinical needs of the service.
• Pleasant, caring, and compassionate personality.
• Responsible, with ability to work in a detailed oriented manner.