Ophthalmic Scribe

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Fosters a positive and successful working environment, creating partnership with team members, leadership, and providers.
• Accurately and thoroughly document patient history, including history of present illness, review of systems, past medical and surgical histories, family and social histories, medications, and allergies.
• Provides primary ophthalmic care to patients and acts as clinical assistant to physician.
• Enters and updates patient information in the EMR system, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Performs complete ophthalmic history and preliminary exams, sub-specialty tests (refraction, VF test, A-Scan Biometry (IOL master), Pachymetry, PAM evaluation, color testing, and contact lens evaluation).
• Assists with patient communication, clarifying information and answering questions as needed. Verifies patient information by interviewing patient, recording medical history, and confirming purpose of visit. Streamlines the workflow of the ophthalmology practice by freeing up the ophthalmologist's time for patient care.
• Coordinates with other members of the healthcare team, such as nurses, technicians, and other scribes, to ensure smooth operations.
• Prepares patients for ophthalmology examination by dilating pupils, changing in visual acuity, elevated extraocular pressure, or blood pressure and communicating results to Attending Physician, as necessary.
• Auxiliaries with minor procedures and ophthalmic imaging.
• Safeguards patient information by completing and safeguarding medical records, completing diagnostic and procedure coding, and keeping patient information confidential.
• Counsels patients by transmitting physician's orders, use of drops, contact lenses, drugs, and answer questions about surgery and specialty imagining required/ordered.
• Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures along with complying with legal regulations.
• Processes prescription refill requests.
• Performs set standard number of patient work-ups based on established times while maintaining quality of customer service.
• Maintains stock in exam room in accordance to standard inventory and physician preferences.
• Maintains minor procedure stock and all sterilization of instruments.
• Sets up and prepares for minor procedures to include setting sterile tray and maintaining sterile field.

Qualifications

Must have completed a certified ophthalmic scribe program or be a non-certified ophthalmic scribe with at least 1 year of experience in a clinical setting.

Skills

Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities, competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits package.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate patient needs and provider availability.