Certified Ophthalmic Technician

Texas Children's Hospital; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading children's hospital as a Certified Ophthalmic Technician. You'll provide essential ophthalmic technical support for patients aged 0 to 18 years and adults. This role involves performing various exams and maintaining instruments, ensuring high-quality patient care in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Required 2 years' experience in an ophthalmology or optometry office.

Responsibilities

• Performs preliminary measurements and exams on pediatric and adult patients.
• Obtains ophthalmic history from patient or parent.

Skills

Ophthalmic Technical Support

Patient Care

Education

H.S. Diploma or GED

COA or COT Certification

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Job Description

We are looking to hire a Certified Ophthalmic Technician, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will provide ophthalmic technical support in the patient care area in a manner developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served (0 to 18 years) and adults as necessary.

Skills & Requirements

• Required H.S. Diploma or GED
• Required COA - Cert-Cert Ophthalmic Assistant Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) or COT - Cert-Cert Ophthalmic TECH by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO), or OPTMTRST - Licensed Optometrist by the Texas Optometry Board
• Required 2 years' experience in an ophthalmology or optometry office

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs preliminary measurements and exams on both pediatric and adult ophthalmology patients.
• Performs visual acuity, color vision testing, lensometry, exophthalmometry, Amsler grid, Schirmer test, pupil evaluation, anterior chamber depth assessment, stereo testing, ocular motility on extraocular muscle actions, strabismus, amblyopia, and assessment methods on children and adults.
• Performs basic instrument maintenance on ophthalmoscopes, retinoscopes, lensometers, perimeters, tangent screen, phoropter/trial frames, slit lamps, keratometers, muscle light, surgical instruments.
• Obtains ophthalmic history from patient or parent including but not limited to, presenting complaint, past ocular history, family history, systemic illness, medications, allergies and drug reactions, review of systems, social history, and developmental history.
• Performs other essential job-related duties.
• Coordinates ROP patients.
• Provides Administrative Support.

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care