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