Retina Team

Overview

As a member of the Retina Team, you’ll gather important medical information from the patient and perform preliminary tests under the direction of the provider. You’ll also scribe as well as perform photography, injections and OCT’s.

Responsibilities

• Welcome patients and visitors with a positive, warm disposition
• Keeps doctors’ rooms filled to ensure clinic patient flow
• Obtains patient histories through intake assessments, making note of findings in EHRS
• Scribes the provider’s dictated findings into the patient’s electronic health record
• Generates medication prescriptions, as directed from the provider, through Erx
• Performs photography as ordered by the physician for documentation, diagnosis, and treatment of ocular pathology following standard protocol
• Maintains inventory of photography supplies
• Performs OCT’s as ordered by the physician for documentation, diagnosis and treatment
• Responsible for injections of fluorescein angiogram dye, including preparing and drawing up of syringe
• Triage incoming calls for potential retina emergencies and advises physician of patient’s signs and symptoms to determine when a patient should be seen
• Edits patients on ophthalmic conditions and consent for procedures and surgery
• Reviews schedules for the provider to ensure patients are scheduled correctly and reports any issues to management in a timely manner
• Generates letters for referring providers, E-faxing and monitoring fax statuses
• Maintains exam rooms, including cleaning/sterilization as necessary

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• At least 1-year of experience as Ophthalmology Assistant/Technician preferred
• COA, COT is a plus
• Current certification in ophthalmology photography preferred
• Knowledge of sterile techniques
• Detail oriented; reliable and able to multi-task in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible schedule working Monday-Friday
• Ability to travel to locations as needed- travel time and mileage are paid benefits