Ophthalmic Assistant – Ophthalmology

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WashU IT

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501 - 1000 employees

📚 Education

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Education • Enterprise • SaaS

WashU IT is the information technology department of Washington University in St. Louis, providing essential IT services and support for the university's students, faculty, and staff. The department is integral to facilitating the university’s academic, research, and administrative functions, ensuring that technological resources and solutions are efficiently delivered and maintained across the university’s campuses. WashU IT also plays a crucial role in helping the university confront complex technological challenges and enhance its operational capabilities.

📋 Description

• Maintain patient records and schedule appointments in IDX • Answer phones, greet patients, verify billing information, and prepare charts for office visits • Assist with clinical workups, including visual acuity, applanation pressures, history, keratometry, autorefraction, color vision, stereopsis, and EYESYS • Instruct patients on proper contact lens care and insertion/removal • Modify and/or polish contact lenses • Maintain inventory of materials and clean instruments • Maintain examination rooms and supplies • Provide administrative and technical support to an ophthalmologist

🎯 Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience • 2 years of experience in a medical office setting • Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross • Online BLS certifications without a skills assessment component are insufficient • Communication • Computer literacy • Medical terminology • Organizational savvy • Patient care • Driver's license is not required • Successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening

🏖️ Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation • 10 recognized holidays • Sick time • Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance • Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees • Defined contribution 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with employee and university contributions starting at 7% • Wellness challenges • Annual health screenings • Mental health resources • Mindfulness programs and courses • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Financial resources • Access to dietitians • 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with a new child • Family care resources • Tuition coverage for the employee and family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years