Health Technician – Veterans Affairs Careers Near Me

• Ability to practice basic hygiene and infection control in a patient care setting.
• Ability to perform accurate assessment of accommodation, near point of convergence and ocular alignment (far and near).
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Ability to provide basic triage of patient telephone calls or optometry requests.
• 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.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Ability to perform minor eyeglasses repairs, such as replacing nose pads and screws.
• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Knowledge of basic eye anatomy and function.
• Ability to perform patient spectacle fitting and dispensing, including selection of appropriate frame, ophthalmic lenses, interpupillary measurements (distance and near) and proper segment height determination, as well as the ability to transpose sphere, cylinder and axis.
• Ability to obtain, document and record ophthalmic and medical information from patients in order to develop an accurate electronic progress note.
• Ability to triage and manage eyeglasses issues (e.g., measurement of vertex distance, base curve, prism correction, center thickness, slab off, Fresnel prism, decentration, etc.).
• Experience: One year of experience as a health technician or assistant in the health care field demonstrating the applicant’s ability to perform the work or by demonstrating a basic understanding of work in the health care field;
• Ability to follow eye clinic and patient care medical policies and procedures.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Ability to accurately enter into a phoropter the autorefractometry or habitual refractive prescription (i.e., eyeglasses prescription) or lensometer findings, including sphere, cylinder and axis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performs accurate assessment of accommodation, near point of convergence and ocular alignment (far and near).
• Knowledge of basic eye anatomy and function.
• Performs patient spectacle fitting and dispensing, including selection of appropriate frame, ophthalmic lenses, interpupillary measurements (distance and near) and proper segment height determination, as well as the ability to transpose sphere, cylinder and axis.
• Understands basic hygiene, cleaning, and disinfection of reusable medical equipment instruments and ophthalmic equipment.
• Determines preliminary objective estimate and/or refinement of the optical status of the eye, not to include the patient’s final subjective refraction. The technicians perform duties such as measuring and recording visual acuity (with use of pinhole testing as indicated), obtaining accurate potential acuity meter, laser interferometry, contrast sensitivity or other specialized visual acuity measurements.
• Communicates with scheduling staff to facilitate patient scheduling and instructions from staff optometrists for triaging eye care and arranging follow-up eye care.
• Assists with patient movement throughout the eye clinic.
• Performs reading a basic spectacle prescription using an automated or manual lensometer, obtaining accurate autorefractometry and keratometry measurements, performing confrontation and standard automated visual field testing, and administering and scoring basic color vision tests (e.g. pseudoisochromatic plates, Farnsworth D-15).
• Accurately enters into a phoropter the autorefractometry or habitual refractive prescription (i.e., eyeglasses prescription) or lensometer findings, including sphere, cylinder and axis.
• Obtains, documents, and records ophthalmic and medical information from patients to develop an accurate electronic progress note.
• Provides patient education for eye health and/or vision conditions, to include assisting with patient contact lens insertion, removal, and hygiene (cleaning and disinfection) care.
• Triages and manages eyeglasses and sunglasses issues (e.g., measurement of vertex distance, base curve, prism correction, center thickness, slab off, Fresnel prism, decentration, etc.).
• Ensures proper cleaning and disinfection of examination rooms and stocks each room with the required supplies.
• Assists with obtaining accurate ocular cultures and smears.
• Provides basic triage of patient telephone calls or optometry requests.