Optometrist assistant
Peninsula Optical Services Limited Marystown, Newfoundland
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting- Rural area
- Hospital/medical facility or clinic
- Medical clinic
Tasks- Assist during assessment of patients and carry out treatment programs and develop materials for use with patients
- Assist health care professionals
- Operate ophthalmic testing and measuring instruments, record test results and administer eye drops, ointments and medications as directed by ophthalmologists
- Clean and maintain equipment
- Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation
- Maintain supplies
- Maintain inventory of equipment
- Perform general clerical duties
- Process files and paperwork
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Take patients' general medical and ophthalmic history
- Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
- Order supplies and equipment
- Organize and maintain inventory
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses - Canadian Certified Optometric Assistant Program (CCOA)
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Creativity
Experience- 3 years to less than 5 years
Support for newcomers and refugees- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
Support for Indigenous people- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Supports for visible minorities- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
Salary: $21.82 hourly
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