Ophthalmic Assistant Certified - Eye Care

Ophthalmic Assistant Certified - Eye Care at Christus Health summary:

The Ophthalmic Assistant Certified performs specialized ophthalmic procedures, assists physicians with patient care, and conducts detailed vision testing. They collect patient history, educate patients, and carry out advanced diagnostic tests under physician supervision. Certification and experience in ophthalmic clinical settings are required to ensure high-quality eye care support.

Description

Summary:

Performs high-quality ophthalmic procedures, focusing on patient care and education.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Advanced understanding of ophthalmic anatomy is required, as well as the ability to efficiently scribe for physicians.
• Promptly and professionally assisting the doctor in patient care, collecting patient history, and performing patient education.
• Performing technical workups to include visual acuity, lensometry, color vision, visual field tests (Humphrey and Goldman), manual keratometry, refraction, Amslers, muscle testing, topography, pupil exams, OCT, pachymetry, and other special testing as directed by physician.
• Advanced technical workups in performing retinoscopy and A-Scans as directed by physician.
• Follows physician protocol for A-Scans and fills in at Special Testing when needed.

Job Requirements:

Education/Skills

• High School Diploma required.
• Graduate of accredited Vision program preferred.

Experience

• 1 year of experience working at an Ophthalmology clinic setting required.

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• BLS required.
• Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) from IJCAHPO required.
• Ophthalmic Scribe Certification (OSC) preferred.

Work Schedule:

PRN

Work Type:

Per Diem As Needed

Keywords:

ophthalmic assistant, eye care, vision testing, patient education, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant, A-Scans, retinoscopy, visual acuity, ophthalmology clinic, patient care

Client-provided location(s): Tyler, TX

Job ID: 5491101060

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-12T00:00:00