Traveling Optical Assistant

Description

Job description

ExcelHealth Group is seeking a full-time traveling optical assistant who is comfortable working closely with an optometrist as a two-person team within nursing home settings.

Travel: Throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Overnight stays are expected.

Schedule: Set thirty days in advance. Monday-Friday. Travel possibly required on Sunday evenings if distance merits it necessary for Monday services.

Minimum Responsibilities (including But Not Limited To The Following)

• Professionally and respectfully communicating and working with the optometrist, in-house staff, facility partners, patients and their responsible parties.
• Accurately and efficiently inputting patient data in the record system by no later that 5 p.m. daily
• On days one is not working in-person employee will work as a virtual assistant as assigned, which will include working in tandem with an optometrist to enter treatment notes, etc.
• Arriving to scheduled facilities no less than thirty (30) minutes prior to the optometrist’s arrival to set up. The cleaning and sterilization and breaking down of all equipment, including facility set-up, upon close of the day.
• Demonstrate ability to retain basic concepts and training within the first thirty (30) days employment. Performance and retention assessment to take place at the conclusion of this period.
• Overseeing patient relations and coordinating patient flow throughout the day
• Adhering to all HIPAA standards
  
  

Requirements

• Comfort traveling alone and staying overnights when required
• Ability to work independently
• Experience with the pretesting process, collecting medical history, medication list, chief complaints, checking IPOs, measuring current glasses using a lensometer, measuring visual acuities and EOMs, and assessing confrontation fields and pupils
• Strong computer and typing skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and a patient-driven attitude
• Reliable transportation than can support weekly travel at varying distances
  
  

Benefits: PTO

Contingencies: All employees are subject to a background check and drug screening

E-Verify: This company participates in the E-Verification process

For more information about our company, please stop by our website: excelhealthgroup.net. This step is highly recommended.

Schedule

• Monday to Friday, possible travel initiated on Sundays if distance requires it.
  
  

Education

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)
  
  

Experience

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)
• Computer skills: 1 year (Preferred)