Técnico Oftálmico

COMPLETE EYE CARE INC; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optical Benefits

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Free uniforms

Health insurance

Paid time off

Wellness resources

Job summary

Complete Eye Care Inc. seeks an Ophthalmic Technician to join our team in Missouri. The ideal candidate will perform or learn a wide range of pre-exam tests while delivering excellent customer service in a collaborative environment.

You will walk patients through their visit, educate on medications and post-operative instructions, collect medical histories, and assist in training other technicians, with duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience and/or training.
• Certification in ophthalmic assisting or tech preferred (pay adjusted accordingly).
• Experience with MD Office software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform/pre-exam testing: vision, dilation, tonometry, refraction, and other tests as requested by provider.
• Guide patients through visit and explain procedures.
• Educate patients on medications and pre-/post-operative instructions.
• Obtain and document patient history in chart.
• Assist in training technicians.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Manual refraction

EMR software

Customer service

Team player

Communication

Education

Ophthalmic Assistant certification

Tools

MD Office

Job description

Benefits:

• Optical Benefits
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Free uniforms
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Wellness resources

Complete Eye Care is looking for an Ophthalmic Technician to join our team. The ideal person must be able to work within a team environment. The candidate should be able to perform, or able to learn, a wide scope of tests while delivering top notch customer service. Open to Full Time or Part Time candidates.

Responsibilities:

• Performs pre-exam testing to include: visual acuity assessment, including pinhole and glare testing, confrontational visual field testing, assess extraocular muscles, pupillary evaluation, tonometry, assess angles, pupillary dilation, and all other patient services as requested by provider including specialty tests such as color vision screening, stereopsis, dry eye testing ,and exophthalmometry, pachymetry, PAM, refraction, retinoscopy, and other tests as needed.
• Walks patient's through the various parts of their visit, helping acquaint them with the procedures being performed.
• Educates patients regarding administration of medications and pre- and post-operative instructions.
• Obtains patient history including chief complaint and documents it thoroughly in the chart.
• Assist in training of technicians
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills:

• Must be able to manually refract
• Ability to work in EMR software and other computer programs
• Ability to build sustainable relationships and engage customers by going the extra mile.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team oriented environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in MD Office software system preferred
• Certification as an Ophthalmic Assistant or Ophthalmic Technician preferred (pay adjusted accordingly for certification)