Ophthalmic Technician / Medical Assistant
Mid Atlantic Retina · Plymouth Meeting, PA · 3 wk ago
HealthcareFull-time
This position is eligible for Mid Atlantic Retina's $1,000 Hiring Incentive! The hired candidate will receive $500 after successful completion of 90 days of employment and $500 after successful completion of 1 year of employment. Available to new hires only—not available to agency hires, internal transfers, or re-hires.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- 1 year health care experience or equivalent medical training desired (but not required)
- Desire to work with patients
Responsibilities
- Take patient histories in the EMR system
- Perform vision exams
- Prep patients for injections
- Administer drops
- Perform a variety of imaging tests
- Complete charting, scribing, and other tasks
Benefits
- 401(k) & Profit Sharing
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Paid Time Off (Sick & Vacation)
- Bonuses
Physical & Cognitive Demands
- Regularly required to talk, communicate verbally in front of groups, one-to-one, and over the telephone and email
- Very active position requiring standing and walking all day to assist patients, physicians, and rotate assignments with other staff
- Lift or move objects weighing over 20 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Working environment in exam rooms is often in moderate light
- Use hands to operate equipment, requiring manual or finger dexterity, precision, speed, 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: calculating, manipulating, processing on a computer, classifying, recording, storing, and retrieving information
- Communicate ideas verbally and in writing, read with comprehension, write reports, and train patients
- Sustain physical contact with patients to guide them due to diminished vision