Ophthalmic Scribe

About the organization

Carolinas Centers for Sight, an affiliate of Eye Health America, is a growing, multi-specialty ophthalmology practice. Eye Health America partners with leading eye care practices across the Southeast, providing operational, strategic, and administrative support to deliver exceptional patient care. Backed by a leadership team with over 100 years of combined experience, the organization is building a trusted network rooted in quality, growth, and community impact—guided by the purpose of making lives better with personalized eyecare.

Purpose

Making lives better with personalized eyecare.

Values

• People-Focused - Our people are the secret to our success. We are defined by our shared values and demonstrate them in every interaction. They guide us and ensure we are in an inclusive place where our teammates love to work, and our patients are delighted to visit.
• Heartfelt Service - With helpful hands and open minds and hearts, we actively engage with our individual locations, celebrating their unique local style, while identifying solutions to support improved service.
• Mutual Respect - We share ideas, collaborate, and troubleshoot as a team, seeking alignment in decision-making. By supporting and equitably empowering one another, we discover new ways to create value.
• Honesty & Transparency - We act with integrity and transparency without fear of speaking up or disrupting the status quo. We communicate clearly and respectfully with everyone.
• Result-Oriented - Analysis improves our decision-making. We strive to track all facets of our business to develop insights for improved care. Best performance is derived from strong leadership, setting goals, executing plans, monitoring results, and reinforcing successful approaches.
• Growth Mindset - We seek to grow our people, services, markets, and overall company to create value. Always looking forward, we explore new technologies, treatments, systems, and processes for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Correctly summarizes and documents what the physician verbalizes during an examination, including proper charting of the examination, documenting additions to the chief complaint, assessment, and recommendations for treatment (including justification of decisions reached when appropriate).
• Observes the patient and the physician and assists when appropriate during the exam.
• Maintains awareness of the patient’s verbal and non-verbal communication when the physician is providing instructions; may repeat information, provide written instructions, and/or hand out patient education materials for the patient to review at home.
• When appropriate and as directed by the physician, completes the superbill, enters billing orders, and/or the check-out form, providing direction to the patient prior to following the physician to the next patient.
• Becomes fluent in the exact requirements of each examination.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years’ experience in a medical office, preferably an ophthalmology office.
• Scribe certification (preferably certified ophthalmic assistant).

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Life Insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Wellness Program
• Paid Vacation & Holidays
• Uniform Allowance
• Training/Advancement opportunities