Ophthalmic Technician I - Cornea, Westwood

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Posted Date 03/31/2025 Salary Range: $33.02 - 43.56 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 23216

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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We are seeking a skilled Ophthalmic Technician to join our Cornea-External Diseases Division. This role provides essential support to our clinics' physicians, assisting with clinical and some administrative tasks to ensure high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Conduct patient intake, including medical history, visual acuity tests, and dilation.
• Perform refractions, topography, lensometry, and keratometry.
• Manage and order supplies for eight exam rooms and a mino surgery room.
• Maintain and calibrate ophthalmic instruments.
• Provide administrative support, including scheduling, answering patient calls, and maintaining medical records, obtain care pre-authorizations and process patient billing. 

Salary Range: $33.02-43.56 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Two years’ experience working in a medical office including answering telephones, interacting with patients and familiarity with current billing practices including governmental plans.            
• One year of experience scheduling patient appointments in computerized appointment scheduling system.    
• Knowledge of ophthalmic medical terminology anatomy, physiology as well as disease of the eye and systemic disease that affect the eye. 
• Knowledge of principles of the ophthalmic therapy, first aid and treatment of ocular and medical emergencies.    
• Knowledge of ophthalmic medications and the proper instillation of these into the eye.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic equipment and instrument sterilization techniques.
• Ability to use ophthalmic equipment such as tonopen, slit lamp, va monitor, auto-refraction, chair and applanation tonometer.
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties & task.
• Ability to work under pressure over a busy workload. Flexibility ability to adapt to changing needs of department. 
• Have interpersonal skills to maintain comfortable and cooperative working relationships with physicians, patients and co-workers.
• Ability to work as a team member in a busy private practice.
• Excellent punctuality and dependability.