Optometric Technician career at IEC
Optometric Technician
BASIC FUNCTION: Assists the Optometrist/Ophthalmologist in providing professional service to patients. Perform preliminary testing and take patient history while encompassing EMR.
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for performing preliminary tests prior to patient seeing Optometrist/Ophthalmologist. Responsible for maintaining efficient patient flow throughout the examination process. Responsible for providing accurate RX ordering information to dispensers. Responsible for instructing patients on the wear of contact lenses. Responsible for ordering contact lenses and maintaining inventories. Understands and can educate patient effectively on Low Vision, Lasik and pre-testing instruments and functions.
PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Patient histories, Tonometry, Blood Pressure, Cover Tests, Contact Lens instruction, Contact Lens ordering, Patient education, Screenings, Patient work-up- visual acuity, pressures EOM's pupils (muscular movement), ocular history, confrontational visual field testing, A-scans, CEP- Corneal Coherence Photography, OCT- Optical Coherence Tomography, Biometry, Visual Field, Assist with minor surgeries, scribe, Testing, Refraction, Keratometry, Assist with minor surgeries, Fundus photography, patient education on all products in practice which are too numerous to name.
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