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