Are you ready to make a difference in the field of vision care? The Department of Ophthalmology is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician to support their team located at 4401 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15216 (UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh). This role will work Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm (no weekends, no holidays)

This role will require minimal travel to the satellite locations: Bridgeville, Wexford, and Monroeville.

This position offers room for growth within the Ophthalmic Technician career ladder. 

Responsibilities:

Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to – Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions 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