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