Job Description
Job Description
OPTOMETRIC TECHNICIAN
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Warmly greet incoming patients upon taking them back for pretesting before the exam.
- Administrative duties including answering telephones, scheduling patient appointments per doctor preferences and transcribing messages for return calls and faxes.
- Perform pretesting including blood pressure, NCT, color and stereo, and auto perimetry.
- Advocate for overall health evaluation (i.e. Optomap).
- Collect and relay pertinent health and ocular history to the doctor.
- Conduct contact lens insertion and removal training.
- Order various types of contact lenses.
- Maintain and clean equipment and doctor’s lanes.
- Maintain proper levels of pretest/doctor supplies.
Required Skills/Knowledge:
- Demonstrated flexibility in addressing a broad spectrum of patient requirements and preferences.
- Demonstrated ability to cultivate positive patient rapport and build relationships while increase patient-retention.
- Strong communication skills (oral and written) with the proven ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to multi-task, set priorities and ensure that patient commitments/deadlines are met.
- Proficiency in utilization of automated equipment and systems standard to the optometry industry.
- Qualifications:
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
- Experience in the Ophthalmic/Optometric/medical industry is a plus but is not required.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Must be physically able to stand for long periods of time, read a computer screen for long periods of time, reach, and lift up to 20 lbs. Hand dexterity, and eye and hand coordination critical. Employee is subject to inside environmental conditions.
Company DescriptionWe're not just a staffing company - we're a people company. At Amtec, we care about helping you reach your unique career goals. Since 1959, we’ve changed the lives of thousands of people for the better - people just like you. It’s our purpose to help you find meaningful work by matching your character, competence, and culture with an organization that truly values what you have to offer.
Company Description
We're not just a staffing company - we're a people company. At Amtec, we care about helping you reach your unique career goals. Since 1959, we’ve changed the lives of thousands of people for the better - people just like you. It’s our purpose to help you find meaningful work by matching your character, competence, and culture with an organization that truly values what you have to offer.