Summary

You will serve as a Health Technician (Optometry) with the Anchorage VA Medical Center located in Anchorage - Alaska. This position has extensive optical duties to include performing glasses measurements - fittings - ordering - dispensing - adjusting - and repair of ophthalmic lenses and eyewear. The technician is responsible for generating important and complex diagnostic procedures to produce information to be used by the eye clinic licensed providers with whom they work.

Duties

• Perform optical functions including spectacle fitting - ordering - adjustment - repair
• Transpose prescriptions from plus to minus cylinder - triage optical/spectacle complaints - measure for properly fitting frames for monovision - bifocal - trifocal - and progressive addition lenses and coordinates with prosthetics and fabrication laboratory for orders and corrections as needed
• Provide direct patient care services related to patient education - verification and troubleshooting of ophthalmic lenses and eyewear
• Educate the patient on lens material - lens design - frames - tints and coatings that they are eligible to receive
• Measures inter-pupillary distances - optical centers - and multifocal or progressive addition lens segment heights
• Assists patients in the selection and fitting of properly fitting standard and safety eyewear frames and properly adjust eyeglasses for comfortable fit and proper alignment of the optical centers and segment heights for optimal visual performance
• Repairs broken or defective eyeglasses
• Triages patient concerns by manual or automated lensometry verification and trouble shooting
• Assists in creating - implementing - and preparing written and oral reports for the completion of continuous or problem focused Process Improvement and Quality Assurance processes
• Maintains adequate supplies and pharmaceuticals used in the department
• Documents the patient's testing results and data into EHR for co-signature by a staff optometrist
• Manages EHR t-con or pool requests for both clinical and optical pools
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM ADT
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.