Optometric Technician: Vision Care & Patient Experience

Vision Innovation Partners; Kingston (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Excellent comprehensive benefits

401(K)

Significant eye care discounts

Continuing education allowances

Career growth and development

PTO and holidays off

Job summary

Vision Innovation Partners is seeking a motivated Optometric Technician to create a warm, patient-centered environment. You will perform pre-exam testing, assist with contact lens fitting, document ocular findings, and support physicians with advanced diagnostic tests in a fast-paced clinic.

The role requires excellent communication, strong organization, and attention to detail, with duties spanning exam setup, patient education, inventory, and safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Be highly organized and able to handle a variety of tasks and responsibilities in an efficient manner with a high level of quality and energy.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to maintain confidential employee and company information.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and work independently.
• Apply exceptional communication skills to interact with patients and schedule appointments and surgeries.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Outlook).
• COA or COT a plus but not required.
• Ability to Scribe is a PLUS!

Responsibilities

• Make introductions and establish rapport with patients.
• Initiate patient evaluation, documenting the chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, and all pertinent ocular findings accurately and in accordance with compliance guidelines.
• Perform pre-exam testing to include visual acuity assessment, including pinhole and glare testing, confrontational visual field testing, assess extra ocular muscles, pupillary evaluation, tonometry, assess angles, pupillary dilation, and all other patient services as requested by the physician including specialty tests such as color vision screening, stereopsis, dry eye testing, and Ex ophthalmometry.
• Perform lensometry and specialized testing such as visual fields, keratometry, A/B scans, and ophthalmic photography optical coherence tomography (OCT), Optical Biometry (IOL Master and Lensstar), pentacam.
• Assist with fitting of contact lenses and instruct patients in care and insertion of lenses.
• Complete prior-authorizations and requests for prescription refills as authorized by physician, with full documentation in patient chart.
• Educate patients regarding administration of medications and pre- and post-operative instructions as directed by physician.
• Check expiration date and inventory of medicines and replace as necessary.
• Maintain inventory and order diagnostic medications and supplies.
• Assist with maintenance of clinical examination equipment and with ordering of supplies.
• Inspect instruments periodically for damage, send for repair, and request a replacement as necessary.
• Open and close exam lanes daily, ensuring that equipment is wiped down in an appropriate manner, battery powered instruments are seated properly in re-charge wells, slit lamps and projectors are switched off under covers.
• Complete manual refractions.
• Follow all safety procedures as per guidelines.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organized

Fast-paced environment

Confidentiality

Instructions follow

Communication

MS Office

COA/COT a plus

Scribe a plus

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Vision Innovation Partners is seeking a motivated Optometric Technician to create a warm, patient-centered environment. You will perform pre-exam testing, assist with contact lens fitting, document ocular findings, and support physicians with advanced diagnostic tests in a fast-paced clinic.

The role requires excellent communication, strong organization, and attention to detail, with duties spanning exam setup, patient education, inventory, and safety protocols.