Ophthalmic Assistant - 7,500 Sign On

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Organization:

VEI - Franklin

Job Summary:

Performs basic ophthalmic work up for new and return patients under regular guidance. Provides general clinical support such as performing visual fields or other patient testing.

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Vanderbilt Eye Institute attracts some of the most talented physicians and researchers in the country. All of our ophthalmologists hold appointments in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Our subspecialty ophthalmologists have completed a minimum of one year of fellowship training after residency and are Board eligible or Board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Vanderbilt Eye Institute's award-winning research staff collaborates with our physicians as well as other Vanderbilt departments to pursue discoveries that enhance the vision of patients all over the world.

Sign-On Bonus Details and Requirements

$7,500 sign-on bonus

The sign-on bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past twelve months. The sign-on bonus is only available for full-time positions. 

Key Responsibilities

• Provides basic ophthalmic workup and testing with supervision.
• Assists faculty, residents and technical staff with daily clinical needs as directed. Interacts with the patient in a professional manner using AIDET techniques.
• Maintains clean working environment, stocked rooms, equipment, and EOC guidelines.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Ophthalmology (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training or direct exposure working with ophthalmology.
• Ophthalmic Disorders (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training or direct exposure working with ophthalmic disorders.
• Ophthalmic Testing (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, or direct exposure working with ophthalmic testing.
• Customer Service (Fundamental Awareness): Demonstrates an awareness of the need for good customer relations. Asks questions to identify customer's needs or expectations. Understands the need to provide ongoing dialogue with and service support to the organization's customers. Understands the distinction between direct customer and ultimate consumer. Demonstrates an orientation and sensitivity to customer service. Prohibits personal emotions from interfering and influencing customer responses.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

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Core Accountabilities:

* Organizational Impact: Performs clearly defines tasks and methods described in detail to achieve standardized solutions that impact own performance with regular guidance. * Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Follows a well established process to solve routine problems where solutions are clearly prescribed. * Breadth of Knowledge: Has basic job knowledge of systems and procedures that are common to own job. * Team Interaction: Individually contributes to the team.

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