Sr. Ophthalmic Clinic Assistant - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) Full Time

Senior Ophthalmic Clinic Assistant

The University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, has an exciting full time opportunity for a Senior Ophthalmic Clinic Assistant in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Senior Ophthalmic Clinic Assistant coordinates the patient flow in and out of the examination rooms, ensures examination rooms are prepared for each visit, and provides general administrative support to the clinic.

Core Job Functions

• Ensures that clinic examination rooms are clean, orderly, and well stocked, and that all equipment is in good working condition.
• Coordinates the patient flow with emphasis on minimizing patient wait time.
• Orders, dates, and replaces medications, and reports non-working equipment.
• Maintains evaluation and management work-up forms and all other pertinent medical forms to ensure that they are readily available to physicians.
• Logs patient time of arrival on daily physician's schedule to ensure that all patients are accounted for.
• Expedites the examination of pre-op and post-op patients with special needs.
• Informs patients regarding current clinical studies and provides general information about common diagnostic and special procedures.
• Serves as a liaison between physicians, patients, registration, HIM, and the Financial and Business Office.
• Confers with and makes suggestions to physicians and managers regarding improvements in patient flow.
• Cleans and sanitizes examination rooms in between each patient and plans examination room assignments to eliminate delay in patient care.
• Ensures that medical charts and photo charts are available with appropriate forms at the time of appointment or examination.
• Answers telephone in a professional and diligent manner, relays messages in a timely fashion, and follows up.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core Qualifications

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent/relevant experience, certification or license

Certification and Licensing: Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association

Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required

Knowledge, Skill, and Attitudes:

Works well with patients of all age groups.

Presents with a professional appearance.

Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Demonstrates outstanding interpersonal skills.

Analyzes, organizes, prioritizes, and meets deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Completes assignments accurately and with attention to detail.

Seeks instruction in areas that require additional knowledge.

Works independently and in a collaborative environment.

Displays intermediate knowledge of ocular anatomy, function, and motility.

Exhibits ability to perform the appropriate patient workup using EMR telehealth platform.

Demonstrates competency in all ophthalmic subspecialty patient workups.

Prepares patients for intravitreal injections.

Ability to function as an ophthalmic scribe.

Proficient in Microsoft Office.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time

Employee Type: Staff