Job Abstract

In this role you will provide technical assistance to the Retina Division at the Jules Stein Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology. Major duties include assisting in providing patient care, perform ophthalmic pre-examination work up, preparing and stocking patient examination rooms and perform some clerical work.

Salary Range: $25.62 - $33.84 / hourly

• Knowledge of ophthalmic medical terminology anatomy, physiology as well as disease of the eye and systemic disease that affect the eye.
• Skill in acquiring accurate medical history, measuring and recording visual acuity, and tonometry.
• Ability to learn state of the art diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic medications and the proper instillation of these into the eye.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic equipment and instrument sterilization techniques.
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties to maximize efficiency.
• Ability to work under pressure over a busy workload.
• Have interpersonal skills to maintain comfortable and cooperative working relationships with physicians, patients and co-workers.
• Ability to work as a team member in a busy practice.
• Ability to use ophthalmic equipment such as tonopen, slit lamp, VA monitor, auto-refractor, chair and applanation tonometer.
• Ability to work with Microsoft Word and Excel software.
• Must be able to work with regular, planned hours and days of the week based on the clinical needs of the service with occasional overtime
• Pleasant, caring and compassionate personality.
• Responsible, with ability to work in a detail-oriented manner.