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Health Technician (Ophthalmology)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 89 days ago
On-site Salisbury, NC $57K – $74K Apply by Jul 17, 2026 Health Aid And Technician ESFJISFJISFPISTJ Trades
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Ophthalmology Technicians in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) support Ophthalmologists in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, follow-up care & patient counseling. Full Performance level performs standard, but complex, diagnostic procedures, assists during clinic-based procedures, educates patients & legal representatives, assists in the education of medical students & residents. Full Performance Level may perform many direct patient care services under the supervision of Ophthalmologists.
What You'll Do
- →Incumbent would be asked to work from any of our 3 locations (Salisbury Medical Center, Kernersville HCC, and Charlotte HCC), as the need arises.
- →Accurately tests visual acuity at distance and near, with and without correction or with and without a pinhole.
- →Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder.
- →Performs pupil evaluation recording pupil size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light and accommodation, and any abnormalities, including relative afferent pupillary defect.
- →Performs basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter.
- →Instills eye medications (i.e., drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilation, cycloplegic, or antibiotics.
- →Responsible for measuring intraocular pressure of the eye utilizing techniques, including Goldman applanation tonometry.
- →Performs pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual keratometry or automated topography to determine corneal curvature.
- →Performs intraocular lens calculations using the IOL Master.
- →Performs automated visual field testing using various perimetry machines.
- →Performance of external photographs and fundus photography.
- →Performs optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the anterior segment, retina and optic nerve.
- →Performs patient screening and triage emergencies identifying ocular emergencies.
- →Performs patient screening and telephone triage for immediate care.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0b30653a-75d8-4ed2-b5d0-c439f2449629
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