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Austin Retina Associates•San Marcos, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Austin Retina Associates is seeking a driven, compassionate individual to join their team, supporting both South Austin and San Marcos locations. This role offers the opportunity to make a difference in patients' lives by delivering exceptional retina care and helping to protect and preserve sight. Technicians work alongside physicians, gathering medical information, capturing diagnostic images, documenting patient charts, preparing exam rooms, assisting with treatments, and supporting physicians during clinical procedures. The company emphasizes mission, career growth, and benefits, and has been recognized as a top workplace.

Requirements

Demonstrate and embrace core values: Serving with Compassion, Striving for Excellence, and Practicing Humility.
Strong interpersonal skills including effective listening, clear communication, effective customer problem resolution, warm encouraging demeanor.
Travel required and will include company-provided transportation, and reimbursed mileage if driving a personal vehicle.
No overnight travel although position requires some irregular hours including early mornings, later days and overtime.
Master multiple computer systems for data entry and input including Google, Microsoft Office, Teams, data management, browsers, scanners, etc.
Ability to master ophthalmology and retina terminology.
Valid U.S. driver’s license demonstrating unrestricted and satisfactory driving record.
Will share responsibility of driving company vehicle on day trips.
Able and willing to travel outside of the South region to assist other regions.
Sitting up to 4 hours a day; standing and walking; talk and hear both in person and by telephone; use hands to finger, handle and feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms.
Regularly required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 15 pounds on occasion.
Specific vision abilities required by this job includes viewing multiple computer screens, close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Viewing images and operating computer devices constantly.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a busy optometry, ophthalmology, and/or retina clinic.
Ability to develop and maintain effective peer relationships at work within a fast-paced, and at times a high-stress environment.
COA, COT, or COMT certification.
Bilingual in Spanish.

Responsibilities

Triage patients and record consistent and accurate documentation of patient's medical history.
Obtain patient’s chief complaint and screen for visual acuity, confrontational visual fields, measure IOP, pupillary check, ocular motility, dilate pupils, check blood pressure, etc.
Communicate with team members, team leader and physician regarding patient care and efficiency.
Communicate with patients using a caring tone and provide thorough communication before and after the Physician visit providing education as needed.
Prepare exam room and patient charts for physician.
Perform macular OCT imaging and other retinal imaging as needed.
Prepare and assist with in-office procedures as needed.
Assist in recruiting patients for clinical trials as available.
Other duties as assigned.