Ophthalmic Technician

Ophthalmic Technician

UPMC Vision Institute is seeking a skilled and patient-focused Ophthalmic Technician to join our retina ophthalmology clinic located at 1622 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. This full-time position offers daylight hours, MondayFriday between 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., with start times varying based on clinic schedules. Responsibilities include performing complete patient workups, including refraction, assisting with diagnostic testing and imaging such as OCT, fundus photography, corneal topography, A-scans, and visual fields, and supporting physicians and clinical flow with additional duties as assigned. The role may require up to 5% travel to other UPMC Vision Institute locations to support staffing needs. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, adaptable, and committed to delivering high-quality patient care in a fast-paced clinical environment.

Responsibilities:

• History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.
• Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity
• Lensometry: automated and manual
• Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.
• Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields
• Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus
• Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to -
• Tonometry: ICare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of each.
• Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test
• Angle assessment & dilation of pupils.
• Contact lenses: insertion, removal, and instructions.
• 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.
• Travel to other clinical sites.

Qualifications:

• 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.
• Prior optometric or ophthalmic experience preferred.
• Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: Valid CPR certification
• Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran