Ophthalmic Assistant at SSM Health
Madison, WI 53774
About the Job
It's more than a career, it's a calling
WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Madison North High PointWorker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
Department: Eye Care
Patient Population: Children and adult patients of all ages
Schedule: 40 hours per week, day shift, Monday-Friday. No holidays, nights, or weekends
Starting Pay: $18+ (offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role)
Location: SSM Health Davis Duehr Dean Eye Care Clinic, 1025 Regent St, Madison, WI 53715. Requires travel to outreach clinics (Portage, Dodgeville, Monroe, Fort Atkinson, Janesville, and Baraboo) 1-2 days per week.
Prior healthcare or eye care experience is preferred but not required. Support is provided to grow in the eye care field including obtaining the following levels of certification: Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA), Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT), Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist (COMT), and beyond.
Job Summary:
Participates in the care and treatment of eye care patients utilizing skills unique to optometry and ophthalmology. Demonstrates accountability to patients, peers and other health team members through positive customer relations and effective communication. Cares for children and adult patients of all ages.Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Assists eye care providers in the exam and treatment of patients.
- Initiates documentation of the patient’s chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, and all pertinent ocular findings.
- May perform testing to include visual acuity measurement, color vision testing, lensometry, keratometry, testing pupil function, tonometry, automated perimetry, evaluation of EOMs (Extra-Ocular Muscle), confrontation visual field testing, and other patient services as requested by the provider.
- May act as a scribe by documenting (on behalf of the provider) all clinically relevant interaction and dialogue during the course of the patient visit. This will include: documenting history and exam, entering diagnoses, orders (medications, labs, imaging, consults, etc.), E&M (Evaluation & Management), follow up and patient instructions. Provides patient education under direction of eye care provider.
- Assists with minor surgery procedures and laser treatments in the office, including application and removal of dressings as directed.
- Inventories and maintains surgical instruments in accordance with system and department standards.
- Screens patients and calls for emergency/urgent situations; obtains pertinent information for provider.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- High school diploma or equivalent
EXPERIENCE
- One year heath care experience
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
- Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving patients.
- Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Occasional driving.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) - International Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (IJCAHPO)
- Or
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) - Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)Job Type:
Department:
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