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UPMC Ophthalmic Technician I in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician to support their team located at the Mercy Pavilion: 1622 Locust St 2nd floor Pittsburgh, PA. 15219. This position will work Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5pm (no weekends, holidays, or late evenings)

Purpose:

Obtain detailed information from patients and perform a variety of diagnostic tests to the eyes to aid in the diagnosis and treatment course

Responsibilities:

  • Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to -

  • Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions

  • Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.

  • History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.

  • Lensometry: automated and manual

  • Angle assessment & dilation of pupils

  • Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day.

  • Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields

  • Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test

  • Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus

  • Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of

  • Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity

  • High school diploma or equivalent is required.

  • Experience as an Ophthalmic Technician in an Ophthalmology office or combination of related education and/or experience preferred.

  • Completion of AAO Home Study Course is preferred. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: Valid CPR certification

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

  • Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusion that is charged with executing leading-edge and next-generation diversity strategies to advance the organization’s diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resource Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Differences) Network, which support the implementation of our diversity strategy.

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