Department of Veterans Affairs

Health Technician (Optometry)

Jacksonville, Florida

Sponsorship not specified$36k-$66kDetected 1 day ago

Intellectual PropertyPublic HealthPharmacy PracticePatient Care

About the role

Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates.
In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: Knowledge of basic eye anatomy and function.
Ability to practice basic hygiene and infection control in a patient care setting.
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.
Ability to provide basic triage of patient telephone calls or optometry requests.
Knowledge of ophthalmic medications and supplies needed in the process of restocking the eye clinic exam rooms.
In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates.

Health Technicians (Optometry) at the Jacksonville 1 VA Clinic NFSG Veterans Healthcare System support Optometrists in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, follow-up care and patient counseling.
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Health Technician (Optometry) candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy

This listing is sourced directly from Department of Veterans Affairs's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.