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