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Health Technician (Ophthalmology)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 48 days ago
On-site West Palm Beach, FL $60K – $77K Apply by Aug 10, 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 and patient counseling. The Health Technician (Ophthalmology) performs a range of standard, but complex, diagnostic procedures, assists during clinic-based surgical procedures, educates patients and legal representatives, assists with the education of medical students and residents.
What You'll Do
- →This position is at the West Palm Beach VAMC.
- →The technician will work independently seeing patients and performing a history, lensometry, refraction, tonometry, and non mydriatic photos.
- →This data will then be uploaded and then reviewed and finalized by a provider (MD or OD) asynchronously along with glasses prescription disposition.
- →Duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to: Check and performs calibration of technical ophthalmology screening instruments.
- →Obtain patient physical history, to include chief complaint; reason for visit; pertinent signs and symptoms; current medication allergies; past ocular and general medical history both ocular and general; family history both ocular and general; social history; and review of medications and allergies, including current ocular prescription and non-prescription medications.
- →Accurately tests visual acuity at distance and near, with and without correction or with and without a pinhole.
- →Measure eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder.
- →Perform pupil evaluation recording pupil size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light and accommodation.
- →Performs swinging flashlight test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.
- →Perform basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter.
- →Must be competent at distance and near refractions and complex refractions.
- →Instill eye medications (drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilating drops, cycloplegic drops , or antibiotics).
- →Measure intraocular pressure with standard techniques, including Goldmann applanation tonometry.
- →Perform pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual keratometry or automated topography to determine corneal curvature.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
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Job ID: 7e61ebd6-12b7-4c04-9da4-0d72d236ab4f
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