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