Ophthalmic Technician

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

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. As an ophthalmic technician, you will take patient histories in the EMR system, do vision exams, prep patients for injections, administer drops, perform a variety of imaging tests, complete charting, scribing and other tasks.

1. The employee is regularly required to talk, communicate verbally in front of groups, one to one and over the telephone and in email.
2. This position is very active and requires standing and walking all day in order to get patients and bring them to rooms, assist physicians and rotate assignments with other staff.
3. Lift or move objects weighing over 20 pounds.
4. Specific vision abilities required by this job include 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.
5. Using hands to operate equipment, show manual or finger dexterity, handle things with precision or speed, use muscular coordination and physical stamina. Ability to raise dominant arm above shoulder height to administer drops.
6. Use senses to observe and examine patients, paying attention to detail.
7. Works with data and numbers, calculating and manipulating numbers, processing data on a computer, attending to details, classifying and recording, storing and retrieving information.
8. Using words to communicate ideas, reading with comprehension, writing reports or other documentation, teaching or training patients.
9. Sustain physical contact with another person in order to guide them due to diminished vision.