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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”
- Assess abnormalities of color vision, such as amblyopia.
- Calculate corrections for refractive errors.
- 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.
- Perform advanced ophthalmic procedures, including electrophysiological, electrophysical, or microbial procedures.
- Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
- Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.
- Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
- Create three-dimensional images of the eye, using computed tomography (CT).
- Perform flourescein angiography of the eye.
- Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- Conduct low vision blindness tests.
- Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
- 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.
- Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
- Photograph patients' eye areas, using clinical photography techniques, to document retinal or corneal defects.
- Take and document patients' medical histories.
- Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- Assess refractive condition of eyes, using retinoscope.
- Measure corneal thickness, using pachymeter or contact ultrasound methods.
- Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
- Measure the thickness of the retinal nerve, using scanning laser polarimetry techniques to aid in diagnosis of glaucoma.
- Perform slit lamp biomicroscopy procedures to diagnose disorders of the eye, such as retinitis, presbyopia, cataracts, or retinal detachment.
- Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
- Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
- Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
- Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
- Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
Related Technology & Tools
- Potential acuity meters
- Ophthalmic perimeters
- Specular microscopes
- Manual lensometers
- Jaeger lid plates
- Laser facsimile machines
- Color blindness tests
- Hertel exophthalmometers
- Phoroptors
- Ophthalmic slit lamps
- Automated lensometers
- Luedde exophthalmometers
- Optical coherence tomography OCT scanners
- Eye chart projectors
- Corneal topographers
- Naugle exophthalmometers
- Corneal pachymeters
- Electroretinogram equipment
- Tangent screens
- Combination refractor keratometers
- Millimeter rules
- Stereo vision tests
- A-scan biometers
- Fundus cameras
- Visual acuity cards
- Scanning laser ophthalmoscopes
- Wavefront aberrometers
- Snellen eye charts
- Ophthalmic syringes
- Retinal tomography machines
- Ophthalmic tonometers
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Manual blood pressure cuffs
- Personal computers
- Optokinetic drums
- Steam autoclaves
- Maddox rods
- Manual pupillometers
- Autorefractors
- Digital pupillometers
- Brightness acuity testers
- Ophthalmic tonographers
- Handheld occluders
- Bio-microscopes
- Amsler grids
- B-Scan biometers
- Ophthalmic retinoscopes
- Titmus vision screeners
- Ocular transilluminators
- Email software
- iChartPlus
- EyeMD EMR
- Web browser software
- AcuityPro
- ezChartWriter
- Medflow Complete
- MediPro Medisoft Clinical
- NaviNet Open