Optical Assistant
Company: Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC - Duke Health
Location: Cary
Posted on: June 22, 2022
Job Description:
Optical AssistantThe Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) of Duke
Health is the world-class, multi-specialty physician practice
comprised of 140 clinics located throughout North Carolina. The PDC
recruits the top physicians and employees and retains them by
offering competitive salaries and benefits and a supportive work
environment where passion and purpose connect.To learn more about
our culture, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Mq59-No-kWe
are seeking an Optical Assistant in our North Carolina Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat - Cary (and occasionally other triangle locations)
location to be an integral member of the healthcare team and
provide direct and indirect care to patients. The schedule for this
position will be between the hours of 8:00AM - 6:00PM. Monday
through Friday, with 1 or 2 Saturdays a year. No Holidays.JOB
DUTIES
- Display a professional attitude, greets patients
- Interprets optical prescriptions.
- Fits and services optical appliances such as spectacle frames
and lenses.
- Operate manual lensometer, auto-lensometer
- Assists with contact lens insertion and removal training.
- Assists with ordering contact lenses and eyeglasses from
vendors.
- Verify and enter billing information.
- Collect patient payments.
- Obtain authorizations from insurance companies if
necessary.
- Enter and post patient payments.
- Check in eyeglass and contact lens orders (verify prescription
meets ANSI standards)
- Answers phone.
- Seats and calls patients.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures including
HIPAA
- Notifies patients when optical products are ready for pick
up.
- Checks on status of orders.
- Inputs and maintains patient information in the computer and
charting system.
- Cleans displays.
- Filing.
- Officemate and Epic proficiency
- Reliable transportation that would allow employee to go to
multiple work locations with minimal notice
- Main location is the home office
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The
employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit. The
employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and
occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision
abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust
focus.
- Mandatory trainings/education meetings, occasionally before
8:00AM or after 5:30PM
- Perform other duties as described herein.REQUIRED
QUALIFICATIONS
- One-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent
combination of education and experience
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Ability to communicate professionally, in both verbal and
written communication
- Basic PC and data entry skills
- Ability to organize and prioritize work effectively under
stressful situations ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCertain jobs in the
Private Diagnostic Clinic may include essential job functions that
require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional
information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation
will be provided by each hiring department.The Private Diagnostic
Clinic is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an
individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression,
gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.The PDC
aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation,
creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the
robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich
diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences
flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all
members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the
contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices
are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to
uphold these valuesThe intent of this job description is to provide
a representative and level of the types of duties and
responsibilities that will be required of positions given this
title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of
the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular
position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks
other than those specifically presented in this description
Keywords: Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC - Duke Health, Cary , Optical Assistant, Other , Cary, North Carolina
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