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