University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician I to support UPMC Vision Institute – St. Margaret located at 100 Delafield Road Suite 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15215. This role will work Monday through Friday daylight hours; Hours vary weekly. 7-3:30p, 7:30-4pm, 8- 4:30p (no weekends or holidays). Travel to other locations will be required for coverage purposes. **Responsibilities:** + Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to - + Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions + Complete intake exam: chief complaint, HPI, medications, Allergies, medical history, Vision check, Lensometry, refractions, Tonometry, Pupil and angle check, EOM, Confrontational fields, Color plates, assist with ocular testing when needed. + Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate. + History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family. + Lensometry: automated and manual + Angle assessment & dilation of pupils + Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day. + Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields + Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test + Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus + Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of + Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity + High school diploma or equivalent is required. + Experience as an Ophthalmic Technician in an Ophthalmology office or combination of related education and/or experience preferred. + Completion of AAO Home Study Course is preferred. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** Valid CPR certification + Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) + Act 34 **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran** UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization’s diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.