Healthcare Specialist

4 days ago

Richmond, Virginia, United States VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Health Technician (Ophthalmology) to join our team at the Veterans Health Administration. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care and supporting our ophthalmologists in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of eye-related conditions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform a range of standard and complex diagnostic procedures, including visual acuity testing, pupil evaluation, and intraocular pressure measurement.
  • Obtain patient physical history, including chief complaint, medical history, and medication allergies.
  • Accurately test visual acuity at distance and near, with and without correction or with and without a pinhole.
  • Measure eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder.
  • Perform basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter.
  • Instill eye medications (drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilating drops, cycloplegic drops, or antibiotics).
  • Measure intraocular pressure with standard techniques, including Goldmann applanation tonometry.
  • Perform pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual keratometry or automated topography to determine corneal curvature.
  • Perform intra-ocular lens calculations using an IOL Master or equivalent device.
  • Perform automated visual field testing using various perimetry machines.
  • Perform external photographs and fundus photography.
  • Perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the anterior segment, retina, and optic nerve.
  • Perform patient screening and triage of potentially urgent ocular conditions.
  • Assist during clinic-based ophthalmic surgery, including revision of wounds, biopsies of the eyelid lesions, cultures of conjunctiva, or cornea; reformation of anterior chamber, evacuation of hyphema, repositioning of corneal endothelial grafts, intravitreous injections, and laser surgical procedures.
  • Educate patients and legal authorized representatives in eye care, including preoperative and postoperative instructions.
  • Assist in the education and training of medical students, residents, and fellows in those facilities with medical school affiliations.
  • Ensure proper cleaning and disinfection; calibration, maintenance, backup, annual inventory, and ordering of instruments, supplies, and equipment; obtains quotes as needed; and reports needed repairs to biomedical engineering.
Requirements
  • Certification as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) is required.
  • Non-certified applicants who otherwise meet the minimum qualification requirements may be appointed as a graduate Health Technician (Ophthalmology) under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)(2)(B).
  • The appointing official may waive the requirement of certification for a period not to exceed two years for a Health Technician (Ophthalmology) that provides care under the supervision of an Ophthalmologist.
  • English Language Proficiency: Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 38 U.S.C. 7407(d).
Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, Telework: Not available, Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#

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