What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ophthalmic Assistant position at North Idaho Eye Institute, P?
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Obtain patient history to include chief complaint, history of present illness, history (ocular and general), family history (ocular and general), and history of allergies and medications.
- Neutralizing glasses prescriptions.
- Accurately record visual acuity.
- Able to perform lensometry, refractometry, applanation tonometry (tonopen included), basic muscle balance testing, assess pupils and anterior chamber, confrontation visual fields, stereo and color vision evaluation and gross external exam.
- Administer and document accurately certain diagnostic tests, including but not limited to: OCT, visual fields, topography.
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications as directed by the physician.
- Preparing patients for injections, including ensuring patient has necessary paperwork completed for patient assistance and verifying insurance coverage.
- Assist with minor surgeries, (including making sure proper consent form is obtained), setting up and cleaning instruments.
- Scribe while physician examines patient, accurately entering information into paper chart or electronic medical records.
- Ability to schedule outside testing/lab work and referrals to other physicians.
- Sterilization of instruments.
- Cleaning, stocking, opening/closing of exam rooms.
- Telephone triage.
- Electronically prescribing medications as directed by the physician.
- Assist with patient education.
- Maintain a smooth flow of patients to the physician.
- Proper handling of protected health information.
- Checking calibration of equipment and problem solve equipment issues.
- Performs other duties that may be assigned.
- Rotate amongst the 3 clinical locations and between all clinical teams as business needs require.
