Ophthalmic Technician - Calabasas

Description

Join our multi-specialty Ophthalmology clinic in Calabasas, where you’ll provide both clinical support under the supervision of our full-time faculty and practice manager. This role offers the opportunity to work in a highly specialized practice, supporting patients through every step of their care.

• Performing patient work-ups (medical history, visual acuity, photography, color vision tests)
• Decontaminating and processing equipment and instrumentation
• Assisting as surgical assistant or circulating scrub technician during procedures
• Establishing and maintaining electronic patient charts

Salary Range: $ Hourly

Required:

• Knowledge of ophthalmic medical terminology, basic ocular anatomy, basic ocular physiology, common visual pathologies.
• Knowledge of common ophthalmic medication.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic equipment and sterilization techniques.
• Skill in acquiring accurate medical history, measuring and recording visual acuity, performing lensometry, refractometry, applanation tonometry, topography, visual fields, optical coherence tomography, fundus photos, biometry, fluorescein angiograph.
• B-Scans, Immersion A-Scans, proficient in Ellex Cubed
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties to maximize clinic efficiency.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage a busy workload.
• Ability to work as a team member in an ophthalmic office setting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to initiative and work on a self‑directed basis with limited supervision.
• Ability to prioritize activities with conflicting deadlines.
• Knowledge of the operations and maintenance of patient testing equipment.
• Responsible, with ability to work in a detailed oriented manner.
• Ability to learn state of the art diagnostic equipment.
• Ability to order instruments and supplies.

Preferred:

• Proficient in all aspects of Care Connect.