Clinical Trainer Jobs

Graystone Eye is looking for an individual who is willing to serve our patients with one Vision in mind:

Achieving Exemplary Clinical Outcomes

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Providing An Unparalleled Experience For Patients, Employees, And Families

This individual is responsible for training new hires as well as cross-training seasoned staff in clinical skills.

Essential Skills And Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Management of multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional judgment and "people skills."
• Empathetic personality with concern for patient and staff needs.
• Demonstrated computer literacy.
• Strong organization with attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a team member.

Responsibilities

• Applanation Tonometry
• Organizes and oversees clinical rotation and training of ophthalmic assistant students.
• Immediately requests equipment repairs and maintenance, as needed.
• Collaborates with Director of Clinical Services to ensure clinical department and physicians are aware of training progress made with each employee.
• Consistently accurate in coding patient's visits
• Accurate Refractometry
• Clinical Training
• Properly package and autoclave instruments
• Angle Assessment
• Schirmers
• Checks connections.
• Scribes and works up patients for all physicians as required.
• Pupillary Function Tests
• Monitors clinician efficiencies during training to ensure trainees are able to independently meet national benchmarks for appropriate exams.
• Accurate Topography
• Ability to assist in Triage as required
• Addresses patient questions, concerns, and complaints with the goal of attaining resolution for the patient. Includes Director of Clinical Services when necessary. Always provides documentation of issues to forward to the board.
• Replaces bulbs.
• Develops and maintains a personalized training program for clinical staff, under supervision of Director of Clinical Services, based on deficiencies revealed by skill evaluations.
• Color Plates
• Stereo Testing
• Knowledge of coding and requirements for specific codes and modifiers
• Perform accurate and consistent documentation and measurement tasks to include:
• Assist in procedures and lasers, including LASIK
• Confrontational Visual Field Testing
• Dilation of Pupils
• Amsler Grid
• Performs patient work-ups and diagnostic testing as required by most senior level clinical staff.
• Remain current on credit hours and JCAHPO certification
• Participates in written evaluations of clinical employees, as directed.
• Performs other tasks as required.
• Instrument Maintenance
• Visual Acuity
• Performs calibrations according to manufacturer and/or Graystone requirements
• Coding
• Troubleshoots instrument repairs as necessary.
• Performs 30 day and 90-day reviews of clinical skills for new clinical employees.
• Assists in training and mentoring new and minimally experienced employees
• Provides back-up support to other technicians, including returning patient phone calls and managing prescription refills.
• Maintain OSHA and HIPAA compliance.
• Adminisister topical and oral medication under the direct supervision of physician
• Humphrey Visual Field Testing
• Understanding of the extensive documentation requirements for E & M coding
• Patient Care
• Evaluation of Motility
• Assists/Trains on LASIK/Refractive team as required
• Assists in training clinical staff under supervision of Director of Clinical Services.
• Administrative
• Lensometry

Work Culture

• Demonstrate supportive teamwork attitude
• Acknowledge co workers verbally and non-verbally
• Communicate and behave professionally at all times, demonstrate flexibility, using appropriate communication techniques, verbally validates other perspectives
• Demonstrate support of staff involvement in approved clinic activities

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units or measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Language Skills
• Mathematical Skills
• Reasoning Abilities
• Continuous Learning / Training / Employee Development
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written and oral instructions.
• Maintain OSHA and HIPAA compliance.
• Assume responsibility for continuous learning by attending in-services, staff meetings and updates.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Complete assigned Continuing Education Training
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Education And Experience

• Three to six months related experience preferred
• High school diploma
• Certification within one year of hire to retain position

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and speak or hear. The employee is regularly required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.