Optometric Technician

Key Responsibilities

• 1
  - Obtain proper case history which includes:
  • Patient’s chief complaint vs other complaints.
  • Ocular health (date of last eye exam? Previous eye diagnosis? Previous eye surgeries? Any eye treatment received? Wearing glasses/contacts? Date of first ever worn glasses/contact ?).
  • Medical health (date of last medical exam? Past/current medical history? type of treatment received or currently receiving? Allergies to medications?).
• 2
  - Obtain proper visual acuity measurement.
• 3
  - Extraocular muscle motility (able to perform test properly in all cardinals of gaze and accurately report abnormality? For example limited eye movement? Pain or double vision?).
• 4
  - Confrontational visual field (able to accurately perform and report abnormalities/visual field deficit?).
• 5
  - Pupil testing (able to perform testing properly and accurately report abnormality? For example, be able to assess pupil’s response to light (direct vs consensual response) and detect presence of APD?).
• 6
  - Color vision testing.
• 7
  - Amsler grid testing (spatially for AMD patients).
• 8
  - Ophthalmic lens evaluation (able to accurately obtain habitual glasses prescription using both manual and/or automatic lensometer?).
• 9
  - Retinoscopy vs Manifest (subjective) distance refraction (must be able to measure PD first).
• 10
  - Operate ophthalmic imaging machines (Fundus photo imaging, OCT, Visual field test, topography and IOL master).
• 11
  - Accurate measure IOP (intraocular pressure).
• 12
  - Operate slit lamp machine.

Pay: $16 - $17 per hour

• Ophthalmology
  
  Experience:
  
  1 year (Preferred)