Manager Ophthalmic - Carolina Crossing

Company: UNC Healthcare
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: November 19, 2020

Job Description:

Description

UNC Eye Centers is

seeking an Ophthalmic Manager, COT with exceptional interpersonal skills and

leadership competences to manage and coordinate subspecialty work assignments

and work flows in the clinics to provide optimal patient care and provider

support. The OM will collaborate with other clinical support teams

ensuring that the full scope of patient service is achieved. The

Ophthalmic Manager will report to the UNC Eye Centers' Director for Ambulatory

Care Administration.

The Ophthalmic Manager

supervises a multi-level technician team including COT, COA, OA, and Scribe

positions for 4 locations. The manager is responsible for all

technician HR and educational tasking including skills assessment, teaching,

time and attendance, productivity reporting, performance review, corrective

action, goal planning, educational curriculum, hiring for excellence model, and

health and safety compliance.

The Ophthalmic Clinical

Manager performs skilled technical work; gathering detailed patient history

information, performing a variety of ophthalmic screening tests and providing

the initial interpretation of screening tests to the Ophthalmologist for

review. The OM performs routine and advanced technical procedures

involving a variety of sophisticated ophthalmic equipment. Additionally, this position performs multiple

Ophthalmic imaging procedures for diagnosis, research and documentation

including anterior and posterior segment optical coherence tomography, color

fundus photography, fluorescein/ICG angiography with both a fundus camera and a

scanning laser ophthalmoscope, and external photography. The

Ophthalmic Technician Manager will ensure accuracy and HIPAA compliance of

patient records of the technician team.

This valued professional

will serve on the UNC Department of Ophthalmology Outpatient Taskforce

Committee, and will attend the UNCMC Outpatient Leadership

meetings. The OM will participate in our annual UNC Eye Syposium for

the Technician Continuing Education Session as a presenter and teacher,

providing hands-on instruction in the second session. Maintaining a

steadfast focus on health and safety for our patients and employees is

critical. The Ophthalmic Manager is empowered by our Chairman and

Medical Director to lead the technician team through complex problem solving,

facilitate work flow barriers, and to train and implement UNCHCS initiatives

utilizing all available resources.

The Ophthalmic Manager

may be responsible for other job-related tasks beyond those listed in the

preceding description.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED. Eight (8) years of experience performing ophthalmic screening exams. Three (3) years of experience leading/managing clinic flow of a multi-physician ophthalmology practice.

Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT) certification.

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