Ophthalmic Technician

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"a href="http://www.hauser-ross.com" target="_blank" title="www.hauser-ross.com" rel="noopener"wwwhauserrrosss.com/a/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;"img src="https://espmgmt.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInertaction=downloadid=20543hashed=-766520096" alt="Hauser-Ross Eye Institute high res png 2015" width="304" height="184" //span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongWe are seeking a Full-Time Ophthalmic Technician for our Sycamore, Illinois location. This role offers regular hours, no late evenings or major holidays, a comprehensive benefits package, and a collaborative work environment with clear career advancement opportunities./strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongIdeal candidates will have at least two years of recent experience as an Ophthalmic Technician. COA/COT certification is highly preferred./strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"This is your opportunity to join one of the areas most recognized leaders in ophthalmology and optometry. We are a nationally recognized leader in EMR and technology with an excellent clinical support team and dynamic leadership.  We are committed to customer service, and making every interaction extraordinary while inspiring the complete confidence of our patients. Our employees contribute directly to the growth and success of our practices, and take pride in being a member of our team. We strongly believe that the manner in which our patients and customers are treated by our employees is as important as the services provided by the doctor./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0in;"span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"All of us at Hauser Ross Eye Institute are committed to inclusion and belonging. We believe today more than ever that creating an environment where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and make it easy for others to do the same will benefit us all.  It isn’t speaking the words, but starts with a culture of caring, listening and service. We would thoroughly enjoy meeting with you and discussing our employment opportunities. For more information, please visit ourwebpagee at a href="http://www.hauser-ross.com" target="_blank" title="www.hauser-ross.com" rel="noopener"wwwhauserrrosss.com/a./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"The strongOphthalmic Technician/strong will perform a range of duties which include preparing the patient to see Ophthalmologist and/or Optometrist and conduct preliminary exam and captures medical history. In addition, the preparation of examination and treatment rooms, performing basic and routine vision screening examinations, administering eye medications, cleaning, and maintaining ophthalmic instruments and assisting physicians during minor surgical and laser procedures may be required. Travel to other locations may also be necessary to support clinical needs./span/p Responsibilities: ullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Make introductions and establish rapport with patients/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Initiate patient evaluation, documenting the chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, and all pertinent ocular findings accurately and in accordance with compliance guidelines./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Perform pre-exam testing to include visual acuity assessment, including pinhole and glare testing, confrontational visual field testing, assess extra ocular muscles, pupillary evaluation, tonometry, assess angles, pupillary dilation, and all other patient services as requested by the physician including specialty tests such as color vision screening, stereopsis, and dry eye testing/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Perform lensometry and specialized testing such as visual fields, keratometry, A/B scans, and ophthalmic photography optical coherence tomography (OCT), and optical biometry /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Additional testing as requested by doctor/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Perform retinoscopy and refractometry. Assist with minor surgical procedures or laser treatments in the office/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Assist with fitting contact lenses and instruct patients in care and insertion of lenses/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Complete requests for prescription refills as authorized by physician, with full documentation in patient chart/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Educate patients regarding administration of medications and pre- and post-operative instructions as directed by physician/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Check temperature of medical refrigerator daily/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Maintain and conduct inventory of medications and supplies/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Assist with maintenance of clinical examination equipment/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Clean surgical instruments in preparation for sterile processing/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Inspect instruments periodically for damage, send for repair, and request a replacement, as necessary/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Open and close exam lanes daily, ensuring that equipment is wiped down in an appropriate manner and as per office procedures, battery powered instruments are seated properly in re-charge wells, slit lamps and projectors are switched off under covers/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Follow all safety procedures as per guidelines/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Prioritize building and maintaining a positive relationship with doctors and clinical colleagues/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Executes duties of position in a professional and courteous manner/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Handles sensitive information in a confidential manner/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Perform other tasks and duties as assigned/span/li/ul Qualifications: ullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"High School diploma or equivalent required/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly and effectively with patients, staff, managers, and doctors/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Basic computer literacy required/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Highly energetic with a positive attitude/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Must be willing to travel to other offices occasionally to meet the demands of business/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Must be able to walk and stand for eight hours/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Must be able to type or write legibly in a dimly lit setting/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) preferred /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Certified Ophthalmic Scribe (OSC) preferred/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT) preferred/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"One to two years’ experience in multi-specialty clinic preferred/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"In Turn We Will Provide:/span/strong/span/pulli style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Benefits to full time team members that include comprehensive medical, dental and optical coverage, 401K and short and long term disability/span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Company paid life insurance/span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Paid parking where applicable/span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Paid holidays and generous paid time off/span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Team oriented working environment where you are heard and respected/span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"span style="color: black;"Clear career ladder opportunities/span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Offered pay $20-$24/Per Hr./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"ESP 2/span/strong/span/p