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University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Opthalmic Technician I to support UPMC Vision Institute located at the Mercy Pavilion:1622 Locust Street Pittsburgh, Pa 15219. This role will work daylight hours Monday-Friday 7:00-5:30. 5% occasional travel to other sites may be requested, pending staffing needs. This role offers room for growth within the Ophthalmic Technician career ladder.

Ready to join the team? We invite you to apply today

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

+ Assisting with imaging including OCT, Fundus photos, corneal topography, a-scans, and visual fields

+ 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 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran