Optometric Assistant

Swope Health; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated optometry team as an Optometric Assistant, where your passion for helping others will shine. In this rewarding role, you'll provide excellent customer service, conduct patient histories, perform essential visual acuity tests, and assist with contact lens care. This innovative healthcare provider is committed to addressing health inequities and delivering high-quality, comprehensive care to the community. With a supportive environment and a focus on coordinated care, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients. If you are ready to contribute to a mission-driven organization, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Company-paid life insurance

Short- and Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Days Off starting at 15 days annually

Eight annual company-paid holidays

One annual paid personal day

Qualifications

• High School diploma required; certification preferred.
• Strong communication and arithmetic skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patient histories and perform visual acuity measurements.
• Assist with contact lens training and order management.
• Cover front desk duties and track patient referrals.

Skills

Outstanding communication skills

Telephone etiquette

Basic arithmetic computations

Education

High School diploma or GED

Medical Assistant or Ophthalmic Assistant certification

Tools

Visual acuity measurement tools

Tonometry equipment

Optical coherence tomography

Fundus photography equipment

Job description

As an Optometric Assistant for Swope Health, you will be part of a passionate optometry team that provides care for the people who need it the most. The optometric assistant provides excellent customer service to our patients in the Optometry department. You will conduct brief case history on entering patients, perform visual acuity measurements, and neutralization of habitual optical correction. If you have a passion for helping others, this is the role for you.

In your role you will:

• Conduct a brief case history on entering patients, including chief complaint, medication review, hospitalization and surgical history, family history, and social history.
• Collect and record demographic information on the appropriate forms and in the patient’s medical record.
• Perform visual acuity measurements, tonometry, and neutralization of habitual optical correction (and auto-refraction on patients on refractive exams).
• Perform ancillary testing as ordered by staff optometrists, including scanning laser polarimetry, tachymetry, automated perimetry, optical coherence tomography, and fundus photography.
• Conduct patient training for insertion, removal, and care of contact lenses.
• Place orders for contact lenses, both diagnostic lenses for fitting purposes and those for patient supply, and verify orders and notify patients upon arrival.
• Notify patients of the arrival of contact lens orders.
• Arrange returns for undispersed contact lenses.
• Arrange and track patient referrals.
• Cover front desk representative duties.

Successful Candidates will have:

• High School diploma & GED required. Medical Assistant or Ophthalmic Assistant certification strongly preferred.
• Outstanding communication skills, telephone etiquette, and the ability to work with people.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic computations, including decimals.

About Swope Health Services:

Each year, Swope Health serves over 45,000 patients, encompassing more than 200,000 visits in four counties on both sides of the state line. Our team members are proud of the work we do and the promise we’ve made – delivering coordinated care that values the needs of the whole person and championing better health in our community.

Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community. As part of our promise to battle health inequities and provide high-quality, comprehensive care, we make care visible. That means we proudly deliver our promise through every action, every day.

Swope Health Services supports its team members with:

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Paid Days Off beginning at 15 days annually, effective the first day of employment.
• Eight annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day.

Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

Qualifications

Education

Required

High School or better.