Sr. Ophthalmic Imaging Assistant (Full time) - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)

200 UM Corp (Enterprise); Florida; On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, FL seeks a Sr. Ophthalmic Imaging Assistant to coordinate patient flow, prepare examination rooms, and perform basic ocular testing per department standards.

Requires a High School Diploma, BLS, and at least 3 years of related experience. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and proficiency with EMR and Microsoft Office are essential.

Qualifications

• Three years of relevant ophthalmic imaging or clinical support experience.
• Ability to coordinate patient flow and maintain rooms.
• Proficient in EMR and basic ophthalmic testing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient flow and maintain clean, stocked examination rooms.
• Assist with basic ocular diagnostic testing using specialized instruments.
• Provide administrative support and document patient information.
• Serve as liaison between physicians, patients, and office staff.
• Maintain medical charts and forms for physicians.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

Patient care

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma

BLS Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute has an exciting full time opportunity for a Sr. Ophthalmic Imaging Assistant in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The Sr Ophthalmic Imaging Assistant coordinates the patient flow in and out of the examination rooms, ensures examinations rooms are prepared for each visit, performs basic ocular diagnostic testing using specialized instruments in compliance with department standards, and provides general administrative support.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Ensures that clinic examination rooms are clean, orderly, and well stocked, and that all equipment is in good working condition.
• Coordinates the patient flow with emphasis on minimizing patient wait time.
• Orders, dates, and replaces medications, and reports non-working equipment.
• Maintains evaluation and management work-up forms and all other pertinent medical forms to ensure that they are readily available to physicians.
• Logs patient time of arrival on daily physician’s schedule to ensure that all patients are accounted for.
• Expedites the examination of pre-op and post-op patients with special needs.
• Informs patients regarding current clinical studies and provides general information about common diagnostic and special procedures.
• Serves as a liaison between physicians, patients, registration, HIM, and the Financial and Business Office.
• Confers with and makes suggestions to physicians and managers regarding improvements in patient flow.
• Cleans and sanitizes examination rooms in between each patient and plans examination room assignments to eliminate delay in patient care.
• Ensures that medical charts and photo charts are available with appropriate forms at the time of appointment or examination.
• Answers telephone in a professional and diligent manner, relays messages in a timely fashion, and follows up.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent/relevant experience, certification or license.

Certification and Licensing: Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association.

Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required.

• Works well with patients of all age groups.
• Presents with a professional appearance.
• Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Analyzes, organizes, prioritizes, and meets deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Completes assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Seeks instruction in areas that require additional knowledge.
• Works independently and in a collaborative environment.
• Displays intermediate knowledge of ocular anatomy, function, and motility.
• Exhibits ability to perform the appropriate patient workup using EMR telehealth platform.
• Demonstrates competency in all ophthalmic subspecialty patient workups.
• Prepares patients for intravitreal injections.
• Ability to function as an ophthalmic scribe.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year.

Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care.

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The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service.

A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.

The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs.

Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.

The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.

The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.

With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.