Optometric Assistant

This position is located within the Cherokee Indian Hospital Patient Eye Clinic. The primary function of this position is to provide technical assistance to the optometrist or ophthalmologist. The role demands a significant degree of personal responsibility to make decisions and to work independently.

• Receives patients and performs a screening that includes case history, visual acuity, confrontation fields, inter‑pupillary distance measurements, and neutralization of the patients’ glasses.
• Prepares patients for examination.
• Assists optometrist in examination as required.
• Provides interpretation services as needed.
• Performs other tests as requested by the optometrist, including but not limited to depth perception, near‑point convergence, keratometry, pachymetry, auto‑refraction, tonometry and color vision.
• Performs blood glucose and blood pressure measurements as requested.
• Instills topical medications as instructed.
• Instructs patients on how to insert, remove, clean, and care for contact lenses.
• Appoints patients according to established clinic protocol.

• Instructs patients in basic vision and eye health education, including the proper use of ocular pharmacological agents, prognosis, follow‑up, eyewear use, and adjustment to eyewear.
• Maintains equipment, materials, and supplies necessary to the provision of services.
• Prepares requisitions as needed.
• Maintains a variety of recurring reports related to eye department activities as well as special reports when requested.
• Performs chart reviews as instructed.

• The incumbent assists with office clerical support work for the Optometry clinic when the secretary is on leave, at training, or otherwise out of the department.
• Receives and redirects telephone calls, patients, and visitors; receives mail; prepares outgoing mail; maintains files; schedules appointments; and provides translation for the optometrist as needed.
• Utilizes word processing and database management software tools.

• Utilizes a Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer and OCT.
• Prepares patients for the procedure, positions patient, initializes and selects test parameters, conducts the test, monitors patient responses, files results in the patient’s chart.

• Photographs retinal anatomy or pathology utilizing a table‑mounted fundus camera.
• Prepares patients for the procedure, positions the patient, and photographs area of interest according to verbal instructions.
• Labels photographs with patients’ name, chart number, date, and right or left eye.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Contact lens ordering/stocking as required; stocking/replenishing exam lanes with supplies and equipment.

• Ability to operate a computer, various equipment associated with an eye clinic, and related office equipment.
• Knowledge of software packages such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
• Knowledge of optical prescription writing and verification using lens measuring instruments.
• Knowledge of basic ocular anatomy.
• Skill in operating optical dispensary tools and equipment necessary to adjust and repair eyeglasses.
• Knowledge of frames styling and all phases of dispensing eyewear.
• Knowledge of optical principles and materials in spectacle selection and fabrication.
• Knowledge of clinic and area optical policies and programs.
• Basic knowledge of common eye conditions such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, cataracts, uveitis, diabetic retinopathy, conjunctivitis, glaucoma, etc.
• Knowledge of visual field‑testing devices including Humphrey techniques, test strategies, and terminology to perform tests as instructed.
• Knowledge of fundus photography instruments and principles and techniques to photography.
• Experience in applying various policies and procedures in the performance of assigned duties.
• Ability to maintain specified records, files, and logs of the department.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently or as a member of a team.
• Valid State .

Works under the Clinic Manager who assigns priorities and…