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Kaiser Permanente Technician Ophthalmic II - (Spokane - TPT) in Spokane, Washington
Job Summary:
The Ophthalmic Technician II provides technical and patient care support to the Ophthalmology or Optometry Department and/or Doctors through participation as an Eye Care team member.
Essential Responsibilities:
History taking: Presenting complaint/history of presenting illness, past ocular history, family history, systemic illness, past and present, medications, allergies and drug reactions.
Basic Tonometry: Indentation, applanation, non-contact complications/contraindications, factors alerting intraocular pressure.
Instrument Maintenance: Acuity projectors, ophthalmoscopes, retinoscopes, lensometers, perimeters, tangent screen, phoropters, slit lamps, ultrasound, keratometers, lenses, tonometers, muscle light, special instruments, surgical instruments.
Perform Patient Services Procedures: Ocular dressings and shields, Drug delivery, spectacle principles, assisting patient, minor surgery assist and instruction.
Basic Testing Skills and Lensometry: methods of measuring/recording acuity, color vision testing, lensometry, A-scan biometry, Exophthalmometry Amsler Grid, Schirmer, Tests Evaluation of Pupils, Estimation of Anterior chamber depth, Visual field evaluation.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
Minimum one (1) year of experience working in ophthalmology/optometry practice.
Education
High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.
License, Certification, Registration
Registered Medical Assistant (Washington) within .5 months of hire
Basic Life Support required at hire
Ophthalmic Assistant Certificate required at hire
Additional Requirements:
General medical knowledge: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; anatomy; physiology; systemic diseases; ocular diseases; ocular emergencies; metric conversion fundamentals of microbial control.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
PC experience in a MS Windows environment, keyboarding skills.
Strong customer service and recovery skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with imaging technology (OCT, HRT, Photos, etc.)
Experience working with electronic medical records (EMR).
National Contact Lens Examiners (NCLE) certification by date of hire/transfer.
Medical Assistant-Certified credential or Interim Medical Assistant-Certified credential by date of hire/transfer.
Washington State Department of Health issued credential Interim credential expires one (1) year from date of issuance.
Experience working with contact lens patients and products.
Desire to continue skill training and acquire advanced certifications.
Graduate of an accredited medical assistant, ophthalmic assistant or allied health professional program.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Technician Ophthalmic II - (Spokane - TPT)
LOCATION: Spokane, Washington
REQNUMBER: 1282602
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.