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