Per Diem Ophthalmic Visual Field Technician (Plantation)

Job location: Plantation, FL

Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2020-11-09
Req: R100042836
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The University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute has an exciting opportunity for an Ophthalmic Technician.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Determines the optical characteristics of spectacle lenses with the lensometer or autolensometer


• Performs the following test procedures on patients of all ages, including children and the elderly:
  
  
  • Confrontation fields
  
  
  • Goldmann visual fields
  
  
  • Humphrey visual fields
  
  
  • Amsler grid
  
  
  • Insertion and removal of hard and soft contact lenses
  
  
  • Administration of eye drops
  
  
  • Keratometry: standard and auto
  
  
  • Auto refraction
  
  
  • Specialized visual fields performed for the ocular studies
  
  
  • Tonometry: Goldmann and tonopen
  
  
  
  


• Measures the visual acuity, at distance and near with the:
  
  
  • Projector chart
  
  
  • E-card
  
  
  • Hand motion techniques, including directionality
  
  
  • Light perception with and without projection
  
  
  • Pinhole visual acuity
  
  
  • Near point card
  
  
  
  


• Monitors and maintains the levels of minor equipment


• Educates patients on testing procedure


• Performs vital signs on patients having laser procedures or when directed by the Physician


• Monitors the progress and facilitates the testing of patients undergoing diagnostic testing and/or consultations in other areas/departments


• Performs other duties as assigned

Education