Job Information
Five Rivers Health Centers Optometric Technician in Dayton, Ohio
ABOUT FIVE RIVERS HEALTH CENTERS
Five Rivers Health Centers is an expanding Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing a medical home for low-income patients in Dayton and Xenia, Ohio. We provide quality medical, dental, vision, and behavioral healthcare to over 27,000 patients with more than 90,000 visits annually at our eight convenient locations.
As an FQHC, our growing organization empowers staff to make a difference in the lives of others every day with a commitment to providing quality, cost-effective healthcare for our patients with respect and dignity, without regard for ability to pay.
Five Rivers Health Centers values all persons regardless of sexual orientation, gender identification or expression of either and takes pride in building teams that bring together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expressions while serving our patients.
Position Overview The Optometric Technician performs a variety of tasks to assist the Optometrist in eye examinations and corrective procedures. The Optometric Technician records patient medical histories and helps with preparing the patient for the vision examination.
General Responsibilities
- Assist the optometrist on duty by conducting and recording pretest data
- Interact directly with the patients
- Support patient flow and perform ancillary testing
- Responsible for daily maintenance of the exam/pretest rooms and maintaining monthly supply list
- Performs related duties as required
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent required
- Minimum of one year of experience in an optometry environment preferred
- Paraoptometric certification through the American Optometric Association preferred
- Must have excellent communication and customer service skills with patients of all ages
- Windows-based computer experience required
Benefits
Five Rivers Health Center offers a complete benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, paid holidays, paid vacation & sick days, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, wellness incentives, department incentives, and 401(k).
EOE/M/F/D/V
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $18.00 to $20.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8-hour shifts, Monday - Friday
Work setting:
In-office
