Optician vs optometry assistant

Differences between optician and optometry assistant duties and responsibilities

Optician example responsibilities.

• Manage appointments and appointment reminders, checking in/out patients, check insurance eligibility.
• Maintain coating quality using adhesion testing and spectrophotometers, and manage coating hues and reflectance adjustments.
• Show manual dexterity, hand eye coordination and precision to work with different types of lenses and tools.
• Assist patients with frame selections and lenses that are best suit for their lifestyle, Rx and price needs.
• Produce forms for the authorization of insurance benefits and eligibility for incoming patients.
• Prepare work orders and instructions for fabricating patients prescriptions and verify Rx are finished to specifications.
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Optometry assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage telecommunications, provide patient telephone triage and documentation thereof.
• Provide explanations to patients about procedures and protocols.
• Administer preliminary testing to patients prior to their eye examination.
• Perform venipuncture procedures and administer intramuscular vaccinations
• Answer phones and handle some billing to MVP, VSP and Medicare plans.
• Perform patient pretesting (VF's, fundus photography, topography and OCT's etc . )
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