Orthoptist

Johns Hopkins • Baltimore, MD

393d • $55,800 - $97,600

About The Position

The Orthoptist will perform diagnostic tests and treat patients with eye muscle disorders and pediatric eye diseases. This role includes teaching pediatric ophthalmology fellows, residents, and medical students, as well as staffing the resident pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus clinic. The Orthoptist will supervise examinations, corroborate diagnoses, and implement treatment plans for both pediatric and adult patients.

Requirements

• Professional level of knowledge of orthoptics as acquired through completion of Bachelor's Degree and orthoptic training.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of ocular motility disorders and their treatment.
• Analytical ability necessary to assess test results and perform additional tests depending on assessment.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with pediatric and adult patients.
• Ability to work with sometimes fearful children and modify examination depending on cooperation.
• Ability to travel to and work at a Wilmer satellite office as needed.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and diagnoses ocular motility disorders.
• Completes extensive additional sensorimotor examination on complicated motility patients, performing tests such as Lancaster red-green evaluation and duction assessment with arc perimeter.
• Performs ocular motor and sensorimotor examinations on patients from internal and external referring ophthalmologists, giving possible diagnosis and recommendation treatment plan from orthoptic point of view.
• Assists with minor surgical in-office treatments such as botulinum toxin injections, adjustable sutures, and Tensilon tests.
• Provides non-surgical treatment of specific eye muscle disorders, e.g., amblyopia, convergence insufficiency, diplopia, and strabismus.
• Performs manual kinetic and automated perimetry.
• Performs duties of an ophthalmic technician.
• Assists in instruction of pediatric ophthalmology fellows, residents and medical students in methodology of examination and treatment of strabismus disorders.
• Prepares lectures and handouts for medical students.
• Responds to consultations from residents at all levels on patients with symptomatic strabismus and double vision.
• Provides lectures to technical personnel during technician grand rounds.
• Teaches individual medical students during clinic, providing evaluation of the student's performance during the rotation.
• Participates in research projects as directed by Ophthalmologist.
• Presents at regional and national meetings of professional associations, including the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) and the Joint Commission on Allied Health in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO).
• Serves as certified study coordinator for various national based clinic trials, including enrolling patients, collecting data, communicating with study centers and attending study coordinators' meetings.
• Sorts, labels, duplicates and files patient photographs and slides.
• Completes a weekly inventory of all exam rooms for equipment and pharmaceutical supplies.
• Triages phone calls of patients needing eyeglass prescriptions and education.

Benefits

• Starting Salary Range: $55,800 - $97,600 Annually (Commensurate with experience)
• Full Time Employee Status
• Exempt Status
• Monday-Friday Schedule, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree