Ophthalmic Assistant-Certified - (Puyallup TPT)

Kaiser Permanente
Puyallup, US
Full-time

Job Summary :

Provide technical and patient care support either in a clinic or on the phone as a member of the Eye Care team. In clinic perform measurement and evaluation tests and perform specified procedures.

On phone acts as a triage point for urgent, emergent and general Eye Care needs. May support fitting of contact lenses and provide patient instruction.

Essential Responsibilities :

  • Patient Assessment : Anticipates and recognizes changes in the patients eye health status and needs for eye care.
  • Clinic only - History taking : Presenting complaint / history of presenting illness, past ocular history, family history, systemic illness, past and present, medications, allergies and drug reactions.
  • Phone only - Using the Eye Care triage process, provides telephone consultation to patients. Determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available resources.
  • Clinical Exam (clinic only)
  • Basic Testing Skills : methods of measuring / recording acuity, color vision testing, lensometry, A-scan biometry, Exophthalmometry Amsler Grid, Schirmer, Tests Evaluation of Pupils, Estimation of Anterior chamber depth, Visual field evaluation.
  • Perform Patient Services Procedures : Ocular dressings and shields, Drug delivery, spectacle principles, assisting patient, minor surgery assist and instruction.
  • Instrument Maintenance : Acuity projectors, ophthalmoscopes, retinoscopes, lensometers, perimeters, tangent screen, phoropters, slit lamps, ultrasound, keratometers, lenses, tonometers, muscle light, special instruments, surgical instruments.
  • Patient Care : Encourages patient compliance with established therapeutic and medical treatment. Promotes patient self-care responsibility for meeting their own eye health needs.

Adheres to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington documentation standards. Provides a safe environment for each patient and adheres to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington safety standards.

  • Clinic - Basic principles, fitting procedures, patient instruction, trouble-shooting problems, verification of lenses, cash handling, retail opinions for contact lenses .
  • Appointing :
  • Clinic - May check-in or make follow up appointments.
  • Phone - Provides appropriate schedule guidance through use of technical skill and judgement along with established protocols.

Basic Qualifications :

Experience

N / A

Education

High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

  • Registered Medical Assistant (Washington) within 2 months of hire
  • Ophthalmic Assistant Certificate required at hire from The Joint Commission on Allied Health Personel in Opthomology
  • Basic Life Support required at hire

Additional Requirements :

  • Customer service skills.
  • Computer experience in a MS Windows environment; Keyboarding skills.
  • General medical knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, anatomy, physiology, systemic diseases, ocular diseases, ocular emergencies, and metric conversion fundamentals of microbial control.

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Experience working with contact lens patients and products.
  • Experience working in an ophthalmology or optometry practice.
  • Graduate of an accredited medical assistant, ophthalmic assistant or allied health professional program.
  • 9 days ago
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