What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ophthalmic Tech/Scribe (Kalkaska/Cadillac) - Help Restore Sight! position at Traverse City Eye?
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This position is full-time, split between the Kalkaska, Cadillac and Traverse City locations.
We invite you to be a part of an exciting and growing organization that provides outstanding patient care to our community. Our employees are at the core of what we do and we are proud of our special culture based on team work, mutual respect and valuing our unique contributions that help our patients to gain, maintain or restore their sight. Every touch point for the patient is important to their experience and to their care, and we strive to make a meaningful difference in the lives and well beings of our patients. The way we're able to accomplish this goal is with dedicated and compassionate staff, like you!
For this position we are looking for individuals with an exemplary attitude, one that says "Let's do this!" and greets the day with positivity. A focus on customer service and patient care is paramount. This position requires excellent interpersonal skills to fulfill the role of an Ophthalmic Tech/Scribe.
The following is required for this position:
- Certification (preferred, not required)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Timeliness
- Organization skills
- Ability to learn new software
- Considerable attention to detail
- Ability to multitask
- A genuine interest in improving patient's quality of life
Some duties for the Testing position include:
- Visual Fields
- IOL Calculations
- Corneal Topography
- Pachys
- A-Scans
- OCT's
- Fundus Photography
Some duties for the Technician position include:
- Checking vision
- Refraction
- Checking intraocular pressure
- Obtaining health and ocular history
- Pupillary response
- Testing
Some duties for the Scribe position include:
- Assist physician with documentation of patient's medical record
- Transcribe history and examination as given by the patient and the physician
- Transcribe the impression and plan, results of tests, prescriptions and orders
- Document procedures performed by the physician
Our mission is to be committed to providing the highest quality medical, surgical and optical care in Northern Michigan. In our practice we emphasize the value of teamwork, pride in our profession and the utmost concern for the wellbeing of patients and their families. We recognize that our collective ability to care for others means we have to care for each other, so our staff is like family to us and we always aim to support and lift each other up. This also creates room for lateral and vertical career moves within our organization. If you enter one area of the organization, but fall in love with another career path with us, we will help you in your professional development achieve your goals. We have a robust in-house training capability with financial and multiple modality training support available to you for certification in many areas of ophthalmology and incentives are provided for earning certifications. We recognize that your personal and professional growth is important to you and it also supports the goal of providing outstanding patient care in every facet of our organization.
As part of your employment at Traverse City Eye we have an excellent benefits package and offer weekday work schedules, no nights, weekends or holidays required! We offer top tier commercial insurance coverage with low deductible options, we offer complimentary vision care for you and your immediate family as well as up to two complementary pairs of glasses or contacts annually. We offer dental, life and disability insurance coverage as well. We provide PTO, paid holidays, your birthday you are awarded an extra paid day off, employee of the month bonuses, 401K matching, complimentary life insurance, and other bonus opportunities. We aim to keep our workplace one that we all want to be a part of, so we have regular staff outings and innovative perks to provide morale boosting support to our beloved staff. We hope you'll be a part of our extraordinary team!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00 - $24.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Commute:
- Kalkaska, MI 49646 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Kalkaska, MI 49646: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $17 - $24