Required:

• Minimum 5 years of recent experience providing technical support in an ophthalmology practice.
• Minimum 5 years of recent experience supervising staff.
• Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT).
• Ability to travel between Doheny Satellites.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology of the visual systems helpful
• Skill in acquiring accurate medical history, measuring, and recording visual acuity, and tonometry.
• Ability to type with speed and accuracy.
• Excellent people skills:  to have effective interactions, while maintaining comfortable and cooperative working relationships with physicians, patients, and peers.
• Ability to work on a self- directed basis with limited supervision.
• Ability to prioritize activities with varying time sensitivities.
• Ability to analyze clinical and administrative information and determine appropriate course(s) of action to resolve conflicts and discrepancies.   
• Ability to interact effectively with patients, staff, and physicians.
• Responsible and detailed-oriented.
• Ability to learn state of the art diagnostic equipment.
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties to maximize clinic efficiency.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage a busy workload.
• Knowledge of various ophthalmic clinical protocols.
• Knowledge in basic ophthalmic treatments, medical emergencies, and other various ophthalmic clinical protocols.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic instruments and their corresponding sterilization / high level disinfection techniques.
• Ability to adapt between multispecialty services.
• Ability to be flexible with requests from physicians, managers, and staff.
• Ability to organize workload, prioritize duties & tasks, with attention to time sensitive items & crucial deadlines to maximize clinic efficiency.
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy clinic.
• Ability to work as a team member or independently in a busy ophthalmic setting, with initiative on a self-directed basis, with limited supervision at times.
• Ability to follow through on tasks to completion.
• Ability to convey information concisely, clearly, edit, and proofread to ensure grammatically correct and factual correspondence.

Preferred:

• Minimum 5 years of recent experience in teaching facility.