Required:

• Knowledge of ophthalmic medications and terminology, various ophthalmic equipment and routine ophthalmic prescriptions.
• Skill in operating computer terminal for processing and accessing patient data.
• Ability to act as liaison between physician and patients and their families, using good verbal and written communication skills.
• Skill in establishing, coordinating and maintaining patient and administrative files.
• Typing skills to prepare correspondence with speed/accuracy.
• Skill in speaking clearly, distinctly, and courteously using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and convey information to both physicians and patients and other individuals at various organizational levels.
• Skill in writing grammatically correct routine medical and business correspondence.
• Skill in setting priorities which accurately reflect relative importance of job responsibilities.
• Ability to work independently and follow through with assignments with minimal (or no) direction from supervisor.
• Ability to coordinate activities to guarantee timely completion of teamwork (usually under high pressure).
• Ability to perform effectively and diligently under fluctuating workload and high pressure situations and deadlines.
• Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with other staff members, physicians and administrators.
• Ability to maintain a friendly, caring demeanor with patients, most of whom are very fearful and stressed.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to operate word processing function/memory of computer/type-writer for forms and consents.