Job Description:
To greet patients in a professional, courteous manner and obtain and document pertinent medical and ophthalmic patient history on the appropriate forms. This person is also responsible for basic clinical and diagnostic testing responsibilities.
Responsibilities:- Performs basic diagnostic tests accurately and in a way that instills patient confidence
- Assist physician or optometrist with clinical procedures, administers eye drops and oral medications and inserts and removes contacts
- Triages patients appropriately based on appointment time and acuity of problem prepares patient for doctor and maintains smooth, efficient flow throughout clinic
- Must be able to travel between offices as needed to staff other clinics.
- Adheres to all administrative and clinical practice policies and procedures
- Maintain efficient patient flow in exam area and keep patient informed of waiting status
- Provide accurate and consistent documentation
- Provide education to patients before and after procedures in terms they can understand, providing written instructions as available.
- Ensure that all medical records are in appropriate order, secured in the chart and each page contains patients full name and birthday before returning to medical records
- Obtain patient history
- Accurately test patients distance acuity, near acuity, confrontation visual fields, stereo and color testing
- Perform lensometry on singe, bifocal, and progressive lenses as well as transposition accurately with minimal guidance
- Able to perform Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer accurately
- Able to perform refractometry with minimal assistance
- Has a basic understanding of ophthalmic medications including name, strength, dosage and reason for use.
- May be assigned ASC duties as appropriate, ranging from Provider assistance to running of lasers or related items
- Able to correctly perform the following procedures without supervision: Keratomery (ARK); IOL Master; Pachymetry; Topography; Check angles with slit lamp; Identify pupil abnormalities and perform careful pupil measurements
- Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.
Qualifications
Education: Required: High School Diploma or equivalent
Experience: Preferred: 6 months to a year of experience as an Ophthalmic Assistant
Demonstrated Skills: Required: Proficiency using a computer and a lensometer Job InfoJob Identification 2603025732 Job Category Ancillary Posting Date 10/07/2026, 01:17 PMDegree Level High School Diploma/GED (±11 years) Job Schedule Full time Job Shift DayLocations PPI of GA 895 Canton Road NE, Bldg 100 (On-site) Assignment Category Full Time
