What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ophthalmic Technician I (UPMC Vision Institute, Natrona Heights) position at UPMC?
University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician to support the Vision Institute located in Natrona Heights. This position will work Monday through Friday daylight hours (typical start time of 7:15/7:30 to 3:45-4:00- possibilty 4:30 depending on the volume of patients)
Possible travel (1-2 times a month) may be required to other Eye Centers: St Margaret, Monroeville, Wexford, or Mercy
Purpose:
Obtain detailed information from patients and perform a variety of diagnostic tests to the eyes to aid in the diagnosis and treatment course
Responsibilities:
- Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from to -
- Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions
- Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.
- History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.
- Lensometry: automated and manual
- Angle assessment & dilation of pupils
- Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day.
- Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields
- Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test
- Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus
- Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of
- Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity
Salary : $20 - $33
