University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full time Ophthalmic Technician I to support the UPMC Vision Institute. This position will work 8am to 4:30pm and will require very minimal travel to the other satellite office locations. 

Purpose:
Obtain detailed information from patients and perform a variety of diagnostic tests to the eyes to aid in the diagnosis and treatment course
Responsibilities:

• Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from to -
• Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions
• Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.
• History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.
• Lensometry: automated and manual
• Angle assessment & dilation of pupils
• Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day.
• Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields
• Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test
• Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus
• Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of
• Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity