Ophthalmic Technician I- UPMC Vision Institute-Oakland

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a full-time Ophthalmic Technician I for its Vision Institute in Pittsburgh. The role involves direct patient care, performing visual assessments, assisting physicians, and maintaining office operations. This position not only provides daily challenges but also ample opportunities for growth in the Ophthalmic Technician career ladder.

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and assist in patient care.
• Ability to perform various assessments and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct refractometry and visual acuity assessments.
• Assist with patient intake and prepare patients for procedures.
• Maintain inventory and assist with office administrative duties.

Skills

Refractometry

Contact lenses

Pupillary assessment

Lensometry

Angle assessment

Visual fields

Ocular Motility

Tonometry

Visual acuity assessment

Patient intake

Job description

University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician I to support UPMC Vision Institute-Oakland located at 203 Lothrop Street 6th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15213. This role will work Monday through Friday daylight hours (varying daylight shifts as per clinical need between the hours of 7a-5p). 25% travel to satellite locations (Shadyside, Forbes, Monroeville, St. Margaret's, Mercy, Wexford, Bethel Park, Natrona Heights) as needed for coverage will be required.

This position is not only challenging but also highly rewarding. The opportunity to assist others daily while continuously learning new and exciting things is immensely fulfilling. Additionally, there are ample opportunities for growth and advancement within the Ophthalmic Technician career ladder.

Responsibilities:

• Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to -
• Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions
• Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.
• History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.
• Lensometry: automated and manual
• Angle assessment & dilation of pupils
• Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day.
• Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields
• Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test
• Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus
• Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of
• Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity
• Perform all aspects of patient in-take for the physicians. This includes, but is not limited to medical history, review of medications, weight/BP, obtaining visual acuity, IOP measurements, motility and confrontational field assessment, pupil assessment, dilation, etc.
• Prepping patients for specific procedures and assisting physicians during those procedures along with be accessible when not with patients to assist physicians.
• Perform imaging requested by physicians (HVF, OCT, Fundus Photos, Slit Lamp Photos, A-scans (automatic and manual), etc.
• Cleaning/flipping exam rooms to assist with patient flow. Opening/closing/stocking duties as assigned.
• Assisting with in-baskets, patient messages, voicemails, reschedules, scrubbing schedules in preparation of upcoming appointments, etc., and other administrative duties as assigned under the direction of the Lead Coordinator/Practice Manager