- Ophthalmic technician, 1+ year (Preferred)
- Ophthalmology medical office, 1+ year (Preferred)
- Prompt and professional assistance to the doctor(s) for daily patient care
- Performing comprehensive patient work-ups, efficient and detailed communication during documentation of chief complaint, past medical and surgical history, and medications
- Ability to use ophthalmic imaging equipment (OCT, Fundus photography, FAF, FA)
- Facilitating efficient clinic flow
- Communication with patients regarding symptoms, follow-up care, surgeries, procedures, changes in schedule, etc.
- Maintaining and cleaning all clinical and office equipment, reporting to supervisor if any malfunctions
- Returning phone calls to patients, referring doctor offices and pharmacies
- Surgery scheduling
- Obtaining prior-authorizations (PA)
- Ability to perform tonometry, confrontational visual fields, pupillary examinations, slit lamp examinations
- Providing Amsler grid instructions
- Scribing with reliable documentation skills
- Preparation of the patient for intraocular injections
- Assistance to physician with intraocular injections, while maintaining practice standards of sterile technique and infection control
- Assistance to physician with laser procedures
- Full understanding of importance of maintaining patient confidentiality and adherence to OSHA, HIPAA, and healthcare guidelines
- Baseline knowledge of eye anatomy, eye diseases, symptoms and ocular medications
- Ability to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus photography (FP), and learn fluorescein angiography (FA)
- Consistent and constant utilization of proper eye drop techniques and sterility
- Understanding of procedures and protocols for obtaining surgical and procedural informed consents
- Uncompromising professionalism
- Cooperation with supervisory staff and physician(s)
- Flexibility in job assignment, and participation in cross-training
- Initiative approach in accomplishing practice goals
- If selected you will be contacted for a video meeting, followed by an in-person interview.
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Ophthalmic Technician/Scribe - McLean, United States - Retina and Uveitis Center
Description
Job Description
Job DescriptionThe position of the Ophthalmic Technician/Scribe requires exceptional clinical and communicational skills to provide reliable assistance in an ophthalmology sub-specialty clinic. It is the responsibility of the entire staff, including the technician, to ensure highest level of patient care and referring doctor satisfaction through various responsibilities including precise and systematic patient work-ups, efficient clinic flow, consistent implementation of policy and procedures, sustained training, and unremitting compliance.
Qualifications
Experience:
List of Responsibilities and Duties include, but not limited to:
Preferred Skills and Abilities include, but not limited to:
Employment with Retina and Uveitis Center (RUC)is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, which may include, but is not limited to; contacting your professional references, verification of previous employment, addresses, education, and credentials, a criminal background check, and drug screening.
Company DescriptionRetina and Uveitis Center (RUC) is a new, solo Ophthalmology practice providing sub-specialty care in the fields of Vitreoretinal Diseases and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases at Tyson's Corner, McLean, VA. The practice currently operates with one ophthalmologist with a plan for growth and expansion.