Ophthalmic Technician (Float)
About The Position
The Ophthalmic Technician assists patients with selecting and fitting eyeglass frames, recommends lenses and coatings, and helps patients insert, remove, and care for contact lenses. The role determines current lens prescriptions when needed, operates related instruments and equipment, maintains customer records, and prepares work orders for ophthalmic laboratories. It also includes ordering supplies, obtaining or verifying patient records and prescriptions, gathering medical history, repairing and adjusting frames, performing basic medical triage and clerical work, and maintaining confidentiality and compliance with organizational policies and HIPAA regulations. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Associate degree or equivalent college credit (60 hours) preferred, or two years of work experience as an Ophthalmic Technologist or in a similar position.
- Excellent business, communication, customer service, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
- Mental and physical flexibility to meet the demands of a healthcare environment.
- Decision-making capacity within the parameters of organizational policies and procedures and current standards of care.
- Ability to meet average walking, standing, and equipment-and-supply lifting demands.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree or equivalent college credit (60 hours).
- Certification in Ophthalmic Technology or another related field.
- Licensure with the Kentucky Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers.
- Apprentice licensure with the Kentucky Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers.
Responsibilities
- Assist patients with selecting frames and measure them for eyeglass sizing.
- Coordinate frames with patients’ facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
- Recommend lenses, lens coatings, and frames to meet patient needs.
- Assist patients with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses.
- Determine current lens prescriptions when necessary using lensometers, lens analyzers, or patients’ eyeglasses.
- Operate related instruments and equipment as needed.
- Maintain records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments.
- Instruct clients in wearing and caring for eyeglasses.
- Prepare work orders for ophthalmic laboratory technicians, including information about required lenses.
- Order and purchase eyeglass frames, medical supplies, and equipment as needed.
- Obtain patients’ previous records or verify prescriptions with the examining optometrist or ophthalmologist.
- Gather medical information from patient histories.
- Repair or replace broken eyeglass frames and adjust or reshape frames to fit patients.
- Perform basic medical triage tasks and clerical work in medical settings.
- Follow the terms and conditions of BSHC’s corporate compliance program.
- Protect confidential information in accordance with BSHC policy and current HIPAA regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
