Ophthalmic Technician I- UPMC Vision Institute - St. Margaret
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Employer: UPMC Senior Communities
Industry: Physician Services
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician to support the Vision Institute located at UPMC St. Margaret campus (100 Delafield Road Suite 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15215). This position will work Monday through Friday daylight hours; start/ end times may vary: 7-3:30p, 7:30-4pm, 8- 4:30p (no weekends, holidays, or evenings). This position will require travel to other locations for coverage purposes when needed.
This site offers onsite parking along with career growth opportunities within the Ophthalmology department
This position will complete intake exams: chief complaint, HPI, medications, Allergies, medical history, Vision check, Lensometry, refractions, Tonometry, Pupil and angle check, EOM, Confrontational fields, Color plates, assist with ocular testing when needed (and other duties as listed)
The UPMC Vision Institute harnesses the clinical and research expertise of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology.
Our doctors, scientists, engineers, and allied experts are working together to:
Purpose:
Obtain detailed information from patients and perform a variety of diagnostic tests to the eyes to aid in the diagnosis and treatment course
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization's diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.
This site offers onsite parking along with career growth opportunities within the Ophthalmology department
This position will complete intake exams: chief complaint, HPI, medications, Allergies, medical history, Vision check, Lensometry, refractions, Tonometry, Pupil and angle check, EOM, Confrontational fields, Color plates, assist with ocular testing when needed (and other duties as listed)
The UPMC Vision Institute harnesses the clinical and research expertise of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology.
Our doctors, scientists, engineers, and allied experts are working together to:
- Quickly move research into practice.
- Transform the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.
- Improve the quality of life for people with impaired vision.
Purpose:
Obtain detailed information from patients and perform a variety of diagnostic tests to the eyes to aid in the diagnosis and treatment course
Responsibilities:
- Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to -
- Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions
- Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.
- History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.
- Lensometry: automated and manual
- Angle assessment & dilation of pupils
- Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day.
- Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields
- Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test
- Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus
- Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of
- Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent is required.
- Experience as an Ophthalmic Technician in an Ophthalmology office or combination of related education and/or experience preferred.
- Completion of AAO Home Study Course is preferred.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Valid CPR certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization's diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.
Created: 2024-09-01
Reference: 6239870010
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh
ZIP: 15216
About UPMC Senior Communities
Founded in: 1893
Number of Employees: 110000
Website: https://www.upmc.com/
Career site: https://careers.upmc.com/
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