• Ophthalmic Technician I (Children's Hospital…

    UPMC (Pittsburgh, PA)


    Are you ready to make a difference in the field of vision care? The Department of Ophthalmology is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician to support their team located at 4401 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15216 (UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh). This role will work Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm (no weekends, no holidays)

     

    This role will require minimal travel to the satellite locations: Bridgeville, Wexford, and Monroeville.

     

    This position offers room for growth within the Ophthalmic Technician career ladder.

    Responsibilities:

    + Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to -

    + Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions

    + Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.

    + History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.

    + Lensometry: automated and manual

    + Angle assessment & dilation of pupils

    + 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.

    + Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields

    + Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test

    + Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus

    + Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of

    + Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity

    + 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. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** Valid CPR certification

    + Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

    + Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

    + Act 33 with renewal

    + Act 34 with renewal

    + Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

     

    UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran