Ophthalmic Technician- Shadyside
upmcPittsburgh (PA)
About the role
Ophthalmic TechnicianUPMC Vision Institute is hiring an Ophthalmic Technician to support our Shadyside location at 532 S. Aiken Avenue, Suite 520, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. This position offers varying shifts based on clinic needs, with hours scheduled between 7:00 AM and 4:30 PM, and occasional requests for early arrivals or extended shifts to support patient care. There are no evenings or weekends required. Travel is required to UPMC Vision Institute locations including Oakland, Mercy, Forbes, Monroeville, St. Margaret's, Wexford, Natrona Heights, and Bethel Park. This role provides an excellent balance of challenge and reward, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on patients' lives while working alongside a highly skilled ophthalmology team. Each day brings opportunities to enhance your clinical knowledge, develop new skills, and contribute to exceptional patient care. As your expertise grows, you will benefit from clear opportunities for professional development and advancement through the Ophthalmic Technician career ladder, making this an ideal role for individuals seeking long-term growth within UPMC Vision Institute.
Responsibilities:
- History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.
- Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity
- Lensometry: automated and manual
- Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.
- Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields
- Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus
- Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to -Tonometry: ICare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of each.
- Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test
- Angle assessment & dilation of pupils.
- Contact lenses: insertion, removal, and instructions.
- Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day.
- Travel to other clinical sites.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent is required.
- Experience as an Ophthalmic Technician in an Ophthalmology office or combination of related education and/or experience preferred.
- Completion of AAO Home Study Course is preferred.
- Prior optometric or ophthalmic experience preferred.
- Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: Valid CPR certification
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Act 34UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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