University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician to support the Urgent Eye Care Center located at 1622 Locust Street, Pittsburgh PA, 15219. This role will work Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm (occasional travel may be required- 5%)

Backed by the expertise of the UPMC Vision Institute, the Urgent Eye Care Clinic specializes in sudden eye problems.

Our specially trained first responders provide eye care that most Pittsburgh-area ERs or urgent care centers don't offer.

The Urgent Eye Care Clinic treats symptoms of a range of acute eye conditions for patients 15 and older, including:

• Sudden vision loss.

• Scratched corneas.

• Red or painful eyes.

• New flashes or floaters.

Responsibilities:

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

• imaging; OCT, OPTOS & HVF

• 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 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization’s diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.