Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
In this role you will provide professional optometric services in the practice in the Cataract and Refractive Surgery Division in Westwood. You will be responsible of performing complete optometric examinations for new and established patients. Responsibilities include:
- Order and result diagnostic images such as corneal topography, Scheimphlug images, specular microscopy, corneal pachymetry, anterior and posterior segment OCT, special study instruments, etc.
- Function as a medical scribe
- Code and bill for examinations at a level that is appropriate based on documentation recorded in the medical record
- Authorize medication refills through the electronic medical record
- Evaluate and correct glasses prescription errors that arise after glasses are manufactured
- Fill out a variety of patient supplied forms such as those from the Department of Motor Vehicles, Disability agencies, Employment Development Department, Workers Compensation bureaus, etc.
- Perform data entry for the Alcon Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA) instrument
- Participate in the identification and recruitment of patients who are eligible for participation in clinical trials
Salary Range: $155,159.28 – 204,728.40 Annually
- Doctoral degree in optometry issued by an accredited school / college of optometry
- Active California State Board of Optometry license
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills including knowledge of medical and ophthalmic terminology to establish effective working relations with all levels of university staff, faculty, trainees, and patients
- Ability to work in a cooperative and collegial fashion with other members of the Divisions to provide exemplary patient care
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently under a variable but often very busy workload
- Ability to function in a research environment with patients who are enrolled in clinical study protocols
- Ability to learn new routines quickly, to follow routines consistently, and identify better ways of accomplishing routine tasks
- Proficiency in Apple and Windows operating systems, Microsoft Word and Excel, email, calendaring programs, and web browsers
- Demonstrated or acquired competency in office and medical center based data and electronic records systems (Kaleidoscope, Epic, PCIMS, CDS, etc.)
- Ability to constantly use Phoropter, lensometer, topographer, tonometer, slit lamp biomicroscope, and EMR
- Ability to frequently use Retinoscope, specular microscope, anterior segment OCT, and pachymeter
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