Ophthalmic Tech III-Eye & Laser Center

Job description

Position: Ophthalmic Tech III
Department: General
Reports to: Clinic Manager
Created: 5/6/2025
Job Summary
To assist physicians in diagnostic testing, examination, education, and treatment of patients.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Professional Responsibilities:
• Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
• Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
• Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience.
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice.
• Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.
• Maintains compliance with organization’s policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards.
• Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization.
• Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and TJC standards and/or standards from other accrediting bodies.
• Core Duties:
• Places patient in the examining room, takes detailed medical history, and determines reason for the day's visit.
• Checks pupils, muscle, visual acuity, extraocular movements, and measures blood pressure, where indicated for patients.
• Is responsible for dilating pupils where appropriate.
• Presents patient history summary and alerts physician to changes in visual acuity, elevated extraocular pressure or blood pressure, etc.
• Assists with all office procedures including chalazion excision, refractions and tear duct probes.
• Annotates patient charts with exam and treatment results.
• Counsels patients in office and on phone concerning physician's orders, use of drops, contact lenses, drugs, and answers questions concerning surgery.
• Schedules all surgeries, calling surgical center, verifying times with patients, preparing all charts, pre-admission and consent forms.
• Schedules patients with other doctors for consultation as required.
• Orders contact lenses, writes prescriptions, and approves drug refills under physician's instructions.
• Maintains current knowledge of ICD-10 diagnostic coding and CPT procedures codes as well as third party reimbursement billing requirements.
• Maintains current knowledge of operation and maintenance of clinical equipment, drugs, and supplies.
• Accurately operates the following equipment:

• Lensometer
• Humphrey Visual Field Machine
• Brightness Acuity Test
• Acutorefractor
• Phoropter
• Tonopen

• Performs refraction and contact lens fitting.

Qualifications
Education and Experience
• One year or more clinical experience in ophthalmology, optometry, or health care

Preferred Qualifications
• Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) preferred or willingness to become certified with one year of employment
• Experience obtaining OCTs, fundus photos and visual fields preferred