Lead Ophthalmology Coord.- Vision Institute-Tarentum

Supervisory Duties

• Supervises staff and clinical functions within your department.
• Participates in committees and work groups to assist the practice manager with quality and work performance issues.
• Completes, supervises, and delegates all daily clinical and departmental responsibilities such as patient care for the day, triage, in-basket management, scrubbing of future schedules, disability forms, injection authorizations, injection logs/inventory, maintaining clinic supplies, and other departmental responsibilities.
• Maintains workflow for the department/service/satellite you are assigned, tracks patients through the exam process, and recommends and implements changes to maintain an efficient clinical workflow and assure a positive patient experience.
• Assigns technicians’ start times, end times, and lunches based on clinical needs for the day.
• Proactively accommodates for staffing and flow to prevent potential bottlenecks within the clinic.
• Responsible for training/staff development, including training or delegating training of technical staff to ensure a multifunctional staff (cross-training, continuing education).
• Affords staff development such as training or delegating training of technical staff to ensure a multifunctional staff (cross-training, continuing education).
• Assists with onboarding and training of new hires.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years ophthalmic experience.
• 3+ years supervisory/coordinating experience.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances

• JCAHPO certified (any level/min COA) within one year of hire or placement.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

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Benefits and Life at UPMC

• Earn over 5 weeks of paid time off every year.
• Affordable medical, dental & vision coverage.
• Student loan assistance and tuition reimbursement options.
• Earn up to 8% of your eligible pay in retirement contributions from UPMC.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Two weeks of paid parental leave.
• Family planning resources.
• Tuition assistance for dependents.
• Comprehensive health care for dependents.
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• Flexible work arrangements.
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