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