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Job Description
Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions. May administer eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct the patient in care and use of corrective lenses.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2057.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,040.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
- Currently, there are 43,990 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Ophthalmic Medical Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
- Ophthalmic Technician
- Ophthalmic Medical Technician
- Ophthalmic Medical Assistant
- Ophthalmic Assistant
- Certified Ophthalmic Technician-Surgical Assistant (COT-SA)
- Certified Ophthalmic Technician with Surgical Assisting
- Certified Ophthalmic Technician
- Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technician
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
- Surgical Coordinator
- Retinal Angiographer
- Paraoptometric
- Optometric Technician
- Ophthalmology Technician
- Ophthalmology Assistant
- Ophthalmic Photographer
- Ophthalmic Aide
- Ocular Care Technician
- Medical Technician
- Certified Retinal Angiographer
Tasks for “Surgical Coordinator”
- Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
- Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
- Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
- Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
- Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
- Take and document patients' medical histories.
- Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
- Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
- Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
- Assist patients to insert or remove contact lenses.
- Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.
- Assist patients to select eyewear.
- Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
- Adjust or make minor repairs to spectacles or eyeglasses.
- Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using retinoscopes.
- Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
- Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
Related Technology & Tools
- Automated lensometers
- Snipe nose pliers
- Loose prisms
- Optical interferometers
- Snellen eye charts
- Eye chart projectors
- Manual lensometers
- Optical screwdrivers
- Handheld occluders
- Ophthalmic tonometers
- Maddox rods
- Jaeger lid plates
- B-Scan biometers
- Autorefractors
- Steam autoclaves
- Visual acuity cards
- Potential acuity meters
- Combination refractor keratometers
- Color blindness tests
- Optokinetic drums
- Manual blood pressure cuffs
- Stereo vision tests
- Wavefront aberrometers
- Retinal tomography machines
- Naugle exophthalmometers
- Flat nose pliers
- Corneal pachymeters
- Phoroptors
- Bio-microscopes
- A-scan biometers
- Ophthalmic perimeters
- Digital pupillometers
- Amsler grids
- Luedde exophthalmometers
- Manual pupillometers
- Ocular transilluminators
- Ophthalmic slit lamps
- Ophthalmic syringes
- Titmus vision screeners
- Tangent screens
- Hertel exophthalmometers
- Corneal topographers
- Fundus cameras
- Laser facsimile machines
- Millimeter rules
- Brightness acuity testers
- Ophthalmic tonographers
- Personal computers
- Optical coherence tomography OCT scanners
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Retinoscopes
- Wide jaw angling pliers
- AcuityPro
- Microsoft Excel
- MediPro Medisoft Clinical
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Email software
- Medflow Complete
- EyeMD EMR
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- ezChartWriter
- Web browser software
- NaviNet Open
- iChartPlus