Retina Team

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Responsibilities

• Welcomes patients and visitors with a positive, warm disposition
• Keeps doctors’ rooms filled to ensure clinic patient flow
• Obtains patient histories through intake assessments, making note of findings in EHR
• Scribes the provider’s dictated findings into the patient’s electronic health record
• Generates medication prescriptions, as directed from the provider, through Erx
• Performs photography as ordered by the physician for documentation, diagnosis, and treatment of ocular pathology following standard protocol
• Maintains inventory of photography supplies
• Performs OCT’s as ordered by the physician for documentation, diagnosis and treatment
• Responsible for injections of fluorescein angiogram dye, including preparing and drawing up of syringe
• Triages incoming calls for potential retina emergencies and advises physician of patient’s signs and symptoms to determine when a patient should be seen
• Educates patients on ophthalmic conditions and consent for procedures and surgery
• Reviews schedules for the provider to ensure patients are scheduled correctly and reports any issues to management in a timely manner
• Generates letters for referring providers, E-faxing and monitoring fax statuses
• Maintains exam rooms, including cleaning/sterilization as necessary

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• At least 1-year of experience as Ophthalmology Assistant/Technician preferred
• COA, COT is a plus
• Current certification in ophthalmology photography preferred
• Knowledge of sterile techniques
• Detail oriented; reliable and able to multi-task in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible schedule working Monday-Friday
• Ability to travel to locations as needed- travel time and mileage are paid benefits!