Job Purpose:
Helps ophthalmology patients by providing information, services, and assistance.
Duties:
* Verifies patient information by interviewing patient; recording medical history; confirming purpose of visit.
* Checks condition of patients' eyes by observing pupils, muscle, visual acuity, extra-ocular movements, blood pressure.
* Prepares patients for ophthalmology examination by dilating their pupils; reporting patient history summary, changes in visual acuity, elevated extra-ocular pressure, or blood pressure to ophthalmologist.
* Saves ophthalmologist's time by helping with office procedures such as laser surgeries, tear duct probes.
* Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keeping patient information confidential.
* Counsels patients by transmitting physician's orders, use of drops, contact lenses, drugs, and questions about surgery.
* Schedules surgeries by making arrangements with the surgical center; verifying times with patients; preparing charts, pre-admission and consent forms.
* Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
* Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.
* Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.
* Serves and protects the ophthalmology practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
* Enhances ophthalmology practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
On Site Diagnostic Equipment/procedures:
*Staffed photography, digital color photography and fluorescein angiography
*Humphrey and Goldmann visual field testing
Clinical Experience with the following diagnosis:
*Extensive Diabetic Retinopathy
*Macular Disease: Macular holes, pucker, membranes, ARMD with CNV, myopic degeneration, CSR, CME
*Vascular Disease: CRVO, CRAO, BRVO, BRAO, macro-aneurysms,
“Coat’s Disease,” some vasculitis
*Infectious Retina: Acute Retinal Necrosis, occasional HIV/CMV, toxoplasmosis, toxocariasis, endophthalmitis
*Genetic/Inherited Disease: Retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt’s, Rod/Cone disease, peripheral degenerations
*Uveitis and pars planitis
Skills/Qualifications:
Supply Management, Verbal Communication, Infection Control, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Organization, Scheduling, Professionalism, Customer Focus, Confidentiality, Bedside Manner, Medical Teamwork
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