OPHTHALMIC TECH III

Position: Ophthalmic Tech III

Department: SCC Eye & Laser

Reports to: Clinic Manager

Created: 5/6/2025

To assist physicians in diagnostic testing, examination, education, and treatment of patients.

1. Professional Responsibilities:
2. Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
3. Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention. 
4. Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience. 
5. Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice. 
6. Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations. 
7. Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.
8. Maintains compliance with organization’s policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards. 
9. Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information. 
10. Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization.
11. Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and TJC standards and/or standards from other accrediting bodies.

1. Core Duties:
    
2. Places patient in the examining room, takes detailed medical history, and determines reason for the day's visit.
3. Checks pupils, muscle, visual acuity, extraocular movements, and measures blood pressure, where indicated for patients.
4. Is responsible for dilating pupils where appropriate.
5. Presents patient history summary and alerts physician to changes in visual acuity, elevated extraocular pressure or blood pressure, etc.
6. Assists with all office procedures including chalazion excision, refractions and tear duct probes.
7. Annotates patient charts with exam and treatment results.
8. Counsels patients in office and on phone concerning physician's orders, use of drops, contact lenses, drugs, and answers questions concerning surgery.
9. Schedules all surgeries, calling surgical center, verifying times with patients, preparing all charts, pre-admission and consent forms.
10.  Schedules patients with other doctors for consultation as required.
11. Orders contact lenses, writes prescriptions, and approves drug refills under physician's instructions.
12. Maintains current knowledge of ICD-10 diagnostic coding and CPT procedures codes as well as third party reimbursement billing requirements.
13. Maintains current knowledge of operation and maintenance of clinical equipment, drugs, and supplies.
14. Accurately operates the following equipment:

• Lensometer
• Humphrey Visual Field Machine
• Brightness Acuity Test
• Acutorefractor
• Phoropter
• Tonopen

1. Performs refraction and contact lens fitting.

• One year or more clinical experience in ophthalmology, optometry, or health care

• Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) preferred or willingness to become certified with one year of employment
• Experience obtaining OCTs, fundus photos and visual fields preferred