Ophthalmic Technician

About the role

Mid Atlantic Retina is one of the largest retina practices in the area, offering bonuses, top pay and growth opportunities for employees to not just work a job, but build a career.

Responsibilities

• Take patient histories in the EMR system
• Perform vision exams
• Prepare patients for injections
• Administer drops
• Perform a variety of imaging tests
• Complete charting, scribing and other tasks

Requirements

• Ability to talk and communicate verbally in front of groups, one‑to‑one, over telephone and email
• Stand and walk all day to escort patients, assist physicians and rotate assignments
• Lift or move objects weighing over 20 pounds
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus
• Work in moderate light exam rooms
• Use hands to operate equipment with manual/finger dexterity, precision or speed
• Muscular coordination and physical stamina
• Ability to raise dominant arm above shoulder height to administer drops
• Use senses to observe and examine patients, paying attention to detail
• Work with data and numbers: calculate, manipulate, process data on a computer, attend to details, classify, record, store and retrieve information
• Communicate ideas in writing, read with comprehension, write reports or documentation, teach or train patients
• Maintain physical contact to guide patients with diminished vision

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• 1 year of health care experience or equivalent medical training desired (but not required)
• Desire to work with patients

Benefits

• 401(k) & Profit Sharing
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (Sick & Vacation)
• Bonuses
• $1,000 Hiring Incentive ($500 after 90 days, $500 after 1 year)

Schedule

Full Time