What are the responsibilities and job description for the Smokey Mountain Eyecare-Floating Tech position at Elevate Eye Care?
Position Summary:
The Optometric Technician generates important preliminary information to be used by the optometrist; reviews the patient status and performs medical tests. Upholds the values of EyeCare Associates.
Essential Duties:
- Reviews patient charts to ensure completeness and accuracy of information. Performs testing required by the type of exam scheduled, patient complaint, and history.
- Acts as a scribe while the physician examines patient entering data into electronic medical records or handwrites in a paper chart, oversees patient flow.
- Takes an ocular and systemic history and accurately record visual acuity.
- Performs lensometry, refractometry, applanation tonometry, basic muscle balance testing, assess pupils, assess the anterior chamber, confrontation visual fields, and gross external exam. Administer diagnostic tests.
- Administers topical ophthalmic or oral medications under the direction of the physician.
- Assists with in-office procedures ensuring proper informed consent are obtained, sets up, and cleans up from procedures.
- Perform advanced ophthalmic procedures.
- Assists in training of other ophthalmic assistants & Assists with patient education.
- Maintains cleanliness and orderliness of exam rooms during the workday.
- Complies with all practice procedures and protocols. Complies with all State and Federal regulations.
- Understands and accepts responsibility to report potential or suspected errors to supervisors.
- Maintains a positive attitude consisting of cooperation, self-motivation, courtesy, and professionalism.
- Other duties as assigned
Organizational and Compliance Duties:
- Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions or work performed. Willing to accept constructive criticism.
- Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly with attention to all details of a project or task.
- Adaptability – Ability to adapt to and facilitate change in the workplace.
- Communication – Ability to communicate effectively with others using good listening skills and the spoken word. Ability to write clearly and concisely using good grammar and spelling.
- Empathetic – Ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of patients and co-workers. Exhibits a cheerful demeanor with the ability to display good-natured tolerance of delay or adversity.
- Initiative – Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal. Desire to excel, attempting non-routine tasks.
- Judgment – The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
- Organized – Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
- Reliability – Can be relied upon to demonstrate reliability in attendance and punctuality.
- Team Player – The ability to work with others and independently for a common goal. Puts aside own individual needs to work toward the larger group objective and reinforce the contribution of others.