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| Job ID: 37818 |
Job Views: 498 |
Location: Seattle, Washington
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Job Category: Ophthalmic Technicians |
| Employment Type: Full time |
Salary: TBD |
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Posted: 09-01-2009 |
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Full time
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Job Description:
As the region's only Level I Trauma center, Harborview Medical Center (HMC) is well known for innovations and excellence in trauma care and its centers of emphasis: Trauma, Burn, Neurosciences, AIDS/STD CARER, and mentally-and medically- vulnerable populations. In addition to the centers of emphasis, HMC serves a mission population for King County. Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region. HMC is owned by King County and managed by the University of Washington (UW) and serves as a training site for UW’s School of Medicine. The UW is proud to be one of the nation’s premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.
Our Eye Clinic has an outstanding opportunity for an Ophthalmic Technician 2. This position performs advanced tasks and highly technical tests in data collection and patient care and may be responsible for specific services provided by the Eye Clinic. Accurately obtains medical and family/social history; observes and documents physical and emotional conditions; notes medications, allergies, and pain; recognizes symptomalogy of common medical and ocular illness and documents in the medical record and reports to physician. Under general supervision, perform complex clinical diagnostic eye examinations and procedures, such as refractometry, visual acuity, Goldmann visual fields and Humphrey visual fields. Assists with minor surgical procedures such as suture adjustment, astigmatic keratometry and wound repair. Provides input into the development of patient education materials and handles basic telephone triage.
Competitive candidates are skilled individuals who have general medical knowledge of anatomy and physiology of systems and systemic diseases affecting the patients’ general well being and specifically the eye.
This position provides opportunities to work in a fast paced environment. As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please view this page. |
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| Requirements: |
Completion of an approved ophthalmic technician program and one year of experience
Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
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equivalent education/experience |
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| Desired: |
Familiarity with ophthalmologic setting
Experience refracting patients
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| The University of Washington is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206.543.6450 / 206.543.6452 (tty) or dso@u.washington.edu. |
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