Ophthalmic Technician​/Medical Assistant

Ophthalmic Technician / Medical Assistant

This position is eligible for Mid Atlantic Retina's $1,000 Hiring Incentive! The hired candidate will receive $500 after successful completion of 90 days of employment and $500 after successful completion of 1 year of employment! Available to new hires only— not available to agency hires, internal transfers, or re-hires.

Mid Atlantic Retina is one of the largest retina practices in the area, offering bonuses, top pay and growth opportunities for employees to build a career. As an ophthalmic technician, you will take patient histories in the EMR system, perform vision exams, prep patients for injections, administer drops, perform imaging tests, complete charting, scribing, and other tasks.

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1 year of health care experience or equivalent medical training desired (but not required).
• Desire to work with patients.

• 401(k) & Profit Sharing.
• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Short & Long Term Disability.
• Paid Time Off.
  
  Bonuses.

• Regularly required to talk, communicate verbally in front of groups, one to one and over the telephone and in email.
• Very active; requires standing and walking all day to get patients and bring them to rooms, assist physicians, and rotate assignments with other staff.
• Lift or move objects weighing over 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus; working environment in exam rooms is often in moderate light.
• Use hands to operate equipment, show manual or finger dexterity, handle things with precision or speed, use muscular coordination and physical stamina; ability to raise dominant arm above shoulder height to administer drops.
• Use senses to observe and examine patients, paying attention to detail.
• Works with data and numbers, calculating and manipulating numbers, processing data on a computer, attending to details, classifying and recording, storing and retrieving information.
• Uses words to communicate ideas, reading with comprehension, writing reports or other documentation, teaching or training patients.
• Sustain physical contact with another person to guide them due to diminished vision.

Salary: $20.00 - $21.00 per hour