Ophthalmic Technician I

EyeSouth Partners•Metairie, LA

About The Position

Eyecare Associates has been caring for families in the New Orleans community for over 40 years. Our doctors’ experience and commitment to their patients’ comprehensive eye care needs, has made them some of the most highly respected and trusted eye care providers in the south. Our team is dedicated to making certain our patients benefit from the safest and latest technological advances in vision health. We are now hiring for an Ophthalmic technician that will support a high-volume ophthalmic practice that focuses on providing quality and compassionate care to each patient needing complete eye care services. This position requires customer service skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a degree of independent decision-making.

Requirements

Dependable transportation required to travel to other offices as required
Must be flexible with traveling to various locations.
Ability to pay attention to detail
Ability to maintain confidentiality
The ability to seek instruction in areas where he/she is not knowledgeable
The ability to recognize inconsistencies
Graduation from an accredited high school

Responsibilities

Obtaining and documenting patient history
Determining visual acuity
Performing automated refraction
Performing ophthalmic testing such as visual fields, OCT's, and wide field fundus photography.
Administering eye drops, ointments, and irrigating solutions to the eye as ordered by physician
Performing office duties and clinical tasks - entering data into EMR
Providing patient services
Maintaining equipment and instruments