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