Ophthalmic Technician III

At Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute, we put our patient’s needs as a top priority. With an expert team of highly-qualified, board certified physicians, nurses and technicians, our practice offers a comprehensive range of services to provide patients with routine eye care and exams, pediatric eye care, retinal care, cataract surgery, corneal care and many other services and procedures.

We are now hiring for an Ophthalmic technician that will support a high-volume ophthalmic practice that focuses on providing quality and compassionate care to each patient needing complete eye care services.

This position requires customer service skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a degree of independent decision-making.

Ophthalmic skills include:

• →Obtaining and documenting patient history
• →Determining visual acuity
• →Performing automated and manual refraction for diagnostic purposes
• →Performing basic lensometry
• →Pupillary assessment
• →Visual field testing
• →PAM
• →Basic ocular motility assessment
• →Automated keratometry
• →Osmolarity testing
• →Administering eye drops, ointments, and irrigating solutions to the eye as ordered by physician
• →Performing office duties and clinical tasks - entering data into EMR, providing patient services
• →Measurement of intraocular pressure (tonometry)
• →Pre-operative preparation of patient
• →Maintaining equipment and instruments
• →Perform ocular imaging including OCT,
• →Topography
• →Post-operative education

• 3-5 years of ophthalmic technician experience preferred

• COA preferred

• Dependable transportation required to travel to other offices as required

• Must be flexible with traveling to various locations

• Ability to pay attention to detail

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

• The ability to seek instruction in areas where he/she is not knowledgeable

• The ability to recognize inconsistencies

Education/Certifications:

• Graduation from an accredited high school