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Job Description
Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions and ophthalmic photography. Provide instruction and supervision to other ophthalmic personnel. Assist with minor surgical procedures, applying aseptic techniques and preparing instruments. May perform eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct patients in care and use of corrective lenses.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.05
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Ophthalmic Medical Technologists”.
Also Known As…
- Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
- Surgical Coordinator
- Ophthalmology Surgical Technician
- Ophthalmic Technologist (Ophthalmic Tech)
- Ophthalmic Medical Technologist
- Ophthalmic Medical Assistant
- Clinical Supervisor
- Certified Ophthalmic Surgical Assistant
- Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist (COMT)
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
- Certified Diagnostic Ophthalmic Sonographer and Registered Ophthalmic Ultrasound Biometrist (CDOS and ROUB)
- Retinal Angiographer
- Optometric Technologist
- Ophthalmic Surgical Assistant
- Ophthalmic Photographer
- Ocular Care Technologist
- Certified Retinal Angiographer
- Certified Ophthalmic Technologist
- Angiography Technologist
Tasks for “Medical Technologist”
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.
- Perform advanced ophthalmic procedures, including electrophysiological, electrophysical, or microbial procedures.
- Conduct tests, such as the Amsler Grid test, to measure central visual field used in the early diagnosis of macular degeneration, glaucoma, or diseases of the eye.
- Perform flourescein angiography of the eye.
- Assess refractive condition of eyes, using retinoscope.
- Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
- Collect ophthalmic measurements or other diagnostic information, using ultrasound equipment, such as A-scan ultrasound biometry or B-scan ultrasonography equipment.
- Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
- Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
- Supervise or instruct ophthalmic staff.
- Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.
- Assess abnormalities of color vision, such as amblyopia.
- Conduct low vision blindness tests.
- Measure corneal thickness, using pachymeter or contact ultrasound methods.
- Calculate corrections for refractive errors.
- Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
- Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
- Photograph patients' eye areas, using clinical photography techniques, to document retinal or corneal defects.
- Perform slit lamp biomicroscopy procedures to diagnose disorders of the eye, such as retinitis, presbyopia, cataracts, or retinal detachment.
- Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
- Take and document patients' medical histories.
- Create three-dimensional images of the eye, using computed tomography (CT).
- Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
- Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
- Measure the thickness of the retinal nerve, using scanning laser polarimetry techniques to aid in diagnosis of glaucoma.
- Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
- Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
Related Technology & Tools
- Bio-microscopes
- Manual pupillometers
- Hertel exophthalmometers
- Scanning laser ophthalmoscopes
- Handheld occluders
- Ophthalmic retinoscopes
- Tangent screens
- Retinal tomography machines
- Steam autoclaves
- Automated lensometers
- A-scan biometers
- Snellen eye charts
- Fundus cameras
- Color blindness tests
- Ophthalmic tonometers
- Ophthalmic syringes
- Brightness acuity testers
- Digital pupillometers
- Optokinetic drums
- Ophthalmic tonographers
- Maddox rods
- B-Scan biometers
- Corneal topographers
- Amsler grids
- Potential acuity meters
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Manual lensometers
- Millimeter rules
- Luedde exophthalmometers
- Ocular transilluminators
- Stereo vision tests
- Manual blood pressure cuffs
- Optical coherence tomography OCT scanners
- Ophthalmic slit lamps
- Visual acuity cards
- Eye chart projectors
- Jaeger lid plates
- Phoroptors
- Naugle exophthalmometers
- Combination refractor keratometers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Specular microscopes
- Titmus vision screeners
- Autorefractors
- Personal computers
- Corneal pachymeters
- Ophthalmic perimeters
- Electroretinogram equipment
- Wavefront aberrometers
- AcuityPro
- iChartPlus
- MediPro Medisoft Clinical
- ezChartWriter
- NaviNet Open
- EyeMD EMR
- Email software
- Medflow Complete
- Web browser software