Ophthalmic Technician

Job DescriptionJob Description

Community Healthcare Network is seeking for a Full-Time Ophthalmic Technician to support our Optometrists by providing acuity screenings and diagnostic eye tests. 
 

JOB FUNCTION:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide quality eye care services to patients.
• Perform spectacle skills, visual acuity and diagnostic tests, AB-scan, Fundus photography, Visual Field, OCT and Pachymetry.
• Complete documentation of all patient care.
• Participate in the development of departmental policies.
• Ensure proper professional conduct for optimum patient care delivery.
• Promptly address patient concerns.
• Responsible for accurate and timely billing and coding.
• Ensure compliance with Ophthalmic clinical practice standards
• Maintaining active licenses and all continuing education requirements for licensure
• Facilitates related services for health center patients as appropriate with respect to their confidentiality and privacy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR: 

• Associate Degree, which includes course work in a Bio-Medical Technician field, and three years of experience in the appropriate bio-medical technician field in an approved hospital or health facility; or
• High School graduate or GED equivalent, and four years of experience in the appropriate bio-medical technical field in an approved hospital or health facility; or 
• Current Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) certification preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish (preferred) 

Company DescriptionCommunity Healthcare Network is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that offers a variety of services to the underserved population across Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan and Queens.Company DescriptionCommunity Healthcare Network is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that offers a variety of services to the underserved population across Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan and Queens.

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