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Job Description
Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions and ophthalmic photography. Provide instruction and supervision to other ophthalmic personnel. Assist with minor surgical procedures, applying aseptic techniques and preparing instruments. May perform eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct patients in care and use of corrective lenses.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.05
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Ophthalmic Medical Technologists”.
Also Known As…
- Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
- Surgical Coordinator
- Ophthalmology Surgical Technician
- Ophthalmic Technologist (Ophthalmic Tech)
- Ophthalmic Medical Technologist
- Ophthalmic Medical Assistant
- Clinical Supervisor
- Certified Ophthalmic Surgical Assistant
- Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist (COMT)
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
- Certified Diagnostic Ophthalmic Sonographer and Registered Ophthalmic Ultrasound Biometrist (CDOS and ROUB)
- Retinal Angiographer
- Optometric Technologist
- Ophthalmic Surgical Assistant
- Ophthalmic Photographer
- Ocular Care Technologist
- Medical Technologist
- Certified Retinal Angiographer
- Certified Ophthalmic Technologist
Tasks for “Angiography Technologist”
- Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
- Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.
- Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
- Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
- Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.
- Create three-dimensional images of the eye, using computed tomography (CT).
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- Measure corneal thickness, using pachymeter or contact ultrasound methods.
- Calculate corrections for refractive errors.
- Photograph patients' eye areas, using clinical photography techniques, to document retinal or corneal defects.
- Perform slit lamp biomicroscopy procedures to diagnose disorders of the eye, such as retinitis, presbyopia, cataracts, or retinal detachment.
- Perform flourescein angiography of the eye.
- Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
- Perform advanced ophthalmic procedures, including electrophysiological, electrophysical, or microbial procedures.
- Conduct tests, such as the Amsler Grid test, to measure central visual field used in the early diagnosis of macular degeneration, glaucoma, or diseases of the eye.
- Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
- Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
- Take and document patients' medical histories.
- Assess abnormalities of color vision, such as amblyopia.
- Collect ophthalmic measurements or other diagnostic information, using ultrasound equipment, such as A-scan ultrasound biometry or B-scan ultrasonography equipment.
- Supervise or instruct ophthalmic staff.
- Assess refractive condition of eyes, using retinoscope.
- Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
- Measure the thickness of the retinal nerve, using scanning laser polarimetry techniques to aid in diagnosis of glaucoma.
- Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
- Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
- Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
- Conduct low vision blindness tests.
Related Technology & Tools
- Brightness acuity testers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Millimeter rules
- Ophthalmic perimeters
- Fundus cameras
- Autorefractors
- Automated lensometers
- Titmus vision screeners
- Ophthalmic syringes
- Maddox rods
- Manual lensometers
- Optokinetic drums
- Naugle exophthalmometers
- Visual acuity cards
- Potential acuity meters
- Bio-microscopes
- Electroretinogram equipment
- Phoroptors
- Combination refractor keratometers
- Snellen eye charts
- Luedde exophthalmometers
- Ophthalmic slit lamps
- B-Scan biometers
- Color blindness tests
- Eye chart projectors
- Ocular transilluminators
- Corneal pachymeters
- A-scan biometers
- Digital pupillometers
- Ophthalmic tonometers
- Jaeger lid plates
- Ophthalmic tonographers
- Corneal topographers
- Manual pupillometers
- Manual blood pressure cuffs
- Retinal tomography machines
- Scanning laser ophthalmoscopes
- Steam autoclaves
- Wavefront aberrometers
- Ophthalmic retinoscopes
- Handheld occluders
- Amsler grids
- Stereo vision tests
- Personal computers
- Hertel exophthalmometers
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Optical coherence tomography OCT scanners
- Specular microscopes
- Tangent screens
- EyeMD EMR
- AcuityPro
- ezChartWriter
- iChartPlus
- Medflow Complete
- Web browser software
- MediPro Medisoft Clinical
- NaviNet Open
- Email software