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