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Health Technician (Ophthalmology)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
On-site Fort Benning, GA $59K – $77K Apply by Jul 18, 2026 Health Aid And Technician ESFJISFJISFPISTJ Trades
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This position is with the Specialty Care Department at the Fort Benning VA Clinic in Fort Benning, GA. The Health Tech (Ophthalmology) 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 and may perform many "direct patient care services" under the supervision of Ophthalmologists.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Checks and performs calibration of technical ophthalmology screening instruments.
- →Obtains a detailed patient history, to include chief complaint; reason or 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.
- →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.
- →Performs swinging flashlight test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.
- →Performs basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter or with a trial frame and lenses.
- →Instills eye medications (drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilating drops, cycloplegic drops, or antibiotics) following a protocol or under the direction of an eye provider (ophthalmologist or optometrist).
- →Measures intraocular pressure with standard techniques, including Goldmann applanation tonometry, tonopen, or rebound tonometer.
- →Performs corneal pachymetry using a handheld or ocular coherence tomography device to determine corneal thickness.
- →Performs manual keratometry or automated topography to determine corneal curvature.
- →Performs other related duties as required.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework: Not available.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
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
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