Required:

• Knowledge of ophthalmic medical terminology, basic ocular anatomy, basic ocular physiology, basic ocular pharmacology, ophthalmic medications, and common diseases of the eye.
• Knowledge in basic ophthalmic treatments, medical emergencies, and other various ophthalmic clinical protocols.
• Knowledge of operation and maintenance of ophthalmic equipment, patient testing devices, and ophthalmic instruments and their corresponding sterilization/high level disinfection techniques.
• Ability to adapt between multi-specialty services.
• Ability to be flexible with requests from physicians, managers, and staff.
• Ability to organize workload, prioritize duties & tasks, with attention to time sensitive items & crucial deadlines to maximize clinic efficiency.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interact effectively, while maintaining comfortable and cooperative working relationships with physicians, patients, and peers.
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy clinic and act as a team member.
• Ability to work independently with initiative to work on a self-directed basis, with limited supervision at times.
• Ability to type with speed and accuracy.
• Ability to convey information concisely, clearly, edit, and proofread to ensure grammatically correct and factual correspondence.
• Responsible and detailed-oriented.
• Display a pleasant, caring, and compassionate personality with a calm demeanor at all times.
• Maintain any necessary certifications needed for patient care, including but not limited to research certifications and / or any other ophthalmic related trainings, classes, or required programs.
• Willing to learn and train in any new technology, new equipment, new device, or new software.

Preferred:

• Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) or minimum of 2+ years of experience working in the ophthalmic setting with patients and ophthalmic imaging devices (COA certification completion contingency upon one year of hire requirement.)
• Fluorescein angiography, UBM, Konan, Keratometry, specialty imaging.
• Multilingual (Mandarin + Cantonese).
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR, EMR, Epic).