Lead Ophthalmic Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

About the Practice:

Retina and Uveitis Center (RUC) is an ophthalmology practice providing sub-specialty care in the fields of Vitreoretinal Diseases and Uveitis at Tysons Corner.

Job Description:

The position of the Lead Ophthalmic Assistant requires clinical and communicational skills and flexibility to provide reliable assistance and guidance in an ophthalmology subspecialty clinic. It is the responsibility of the entire staff, including the lead assistant, to ensure highest level of patient care and referring doctor satisfaction through various responsibilities including precise and systematic patient work-ups, efficient clinic flow, consistent implementation of policy and procedures, sustained training, and unremitting compliance.

Pay amount:

Compensation commensurate with experience

Qualifications

• Experience: Ophthalmic technician, 2+ year (Preferred)
• Education: Associate or Bachelor's Degree (Required)

List of Responsibilities and Duties include, but not limited to:

• Performing and supervising comprehensive patient work-ups, imaging, efficient and detailed communication during documentation of chief complaint, past medical and surgical history, and medications
• Communication with patients regarding symptoms, follow-up care, surgeries, procedures, changes in schedule, etc.
• Returning phone calls to patients, referring doctor offices and pharmacies

Preferred Skills and Abilities include, but not limited to:

• Full understanding of importance of maintaining patient confidentiality and adherence to OSHA, HIPAA, and healthcare guidelines
• Baseline knowledge of eye anatomy, eye diseases, symptoms and ocular medications
• Ability to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus photography (FP)
• Understanding of procedures and protocols for obtaining surgical and procedural informed consents
• Flexibility in job assignment, and participation in cross-training
• If selected you will be contacted for a video meeting, followed by an in-person interview.

Employment with Retina and Uveitis Center (RUC) is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, which may include, but is not limited to; contacting your professional references, verification of previous employment, addresses, education, and credentials, a criminal background check, and drug screening.

Retina and Uveitis Center (RUC) is a solo-provider Ophthalmology practice providing sub-specialty care in the fields of Vitreoretinal Diseases and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases at Tyson’s Corner, McLean, VA.

Company Description

Retina and Uveitis Center (RUC) is a solo-provider Ophthalmology practice providing sub-specialty care in the fields of Vitreoretinal Diseases and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases at Tyson’s Corner, McLean, VA.