Health Technician (Optometry)

Department of Veterans Affairs • Kernersville, NC

374d • $35,373 - $63,733

About The Position

This position is located at the Salisbury VAHCS, Optometry Service, Salisbury, NC with duty at the Kernersville Health Care Center, Kernersville, NC. The incumbent provides varied range of significant patient-related duties in support of the eyecare, and treatment given to patients in Optometry Service.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a health technician or assistant in the health care field
• Successful completion of two academic years above high school with a minimum of 12 semester hours related to health technician/assistant or health technician (optometry)/assistant or associate degree
• Successful completion of a course for health care technicians or assistants, hospital corpsmen, medical service specialists, or hospital training in a program given by the U.S. Armed Forces, the U.S. Maritime Service, or the U.S. Public Health Service

Responsibilities

• Obtaining a patient's physical history
• Documents all pertinent information appropriately
• Performs spectacle data collection
• Glasses measurements
• Frame selection, measurement and fitting
• Tonometry, extra-ocular motility testing, and pupillary function
• Humphrey, Goldman and tangent screen visual field testing
• Keratometry (manual and/or automated)
• B scan ultrasonography
• Schirmer testing for quantitative tear production
• Stereopsis testing using Titmus and stereofly tester
• Color vision assessment
• Amsler grid testing to evaluate each eye separately for distortion, metamorphopsia, micropsia, and scotomas
• Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) testing
• Setting up the minor procedure room for in-clinic procedures, assisting the doctor with these procedures, cleaning up after the procedures
• Setting up the minor procedure room for removal of foreign body, lash epilating and cornea abrasion
• Calling patients regarding appointments, filling out paperwork related to procedures performed in the clinic
• Performing inventory of instruments, exam lens, eye medications, and other Eye Clinic supplies
• Assisting the doctor in other non-specified technical areas within the clinic
• Performs direct patient care in the form of changing eye dressings, instilling eye drops, etc.
• Maintains all stock levels of ophthalmic medications and supplies necessary for the function of the clinic
• Trains clerical support from other services, instructs residents and interns in the use of ocular instruments, computer usage, and the start-up of equipment
• Independently records clinical photographs of the ocular fundus and other photographic procedures
• Performs medical observation and identification of the side effects of the procedures
• Promptly recognizes urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeks assistance appropriately and effectively intervenes as directed

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package as a federal employee
• Access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career rewarding

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees