Certified Ophthalmic Technician Educator

• Establish consistency among all ophthalmology outpatient clinics in regards to daily operational issues that relate to policies and regulations, particularly the Department of Health and The Joint Commission.
• Coordinates the orientation process through an active involvement with ophthalmic orienteers and preceptors throughout the service line.
• Provides ongoing education based on individual unit needs, staff requests, and physician request.
• Assists staff with on-unit education of new equipment, products, policies, procedures and handling clinical emergencies.
• Facilitates support and provides required education by identifying and communicating relevant in-services.
• Fosters growth of individual staff members through mentoring and support of Career Enhancement Program.
• Establishes educational opportunities for all staff through poster presentation, workshops, computer based programs, articles and videos.
• Provides leadership in management meetings and other committees as assigned.
• Collaborates with clinical unit management team to foster unit growth, identify educational needs and develop plans related to clinical practice.
• Acts as a resource to the clinical team leader and team coordinators with annual unit based skills assessment and competencies.
• Assures age specific programs meet the needs of Clinics.
• Performs all the duties of an ophthalmic assistant.
• Liaison of Ophthalmology tech co-op program.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.