Ophthalmic Assistant
Halton Healthcare • Oakville, ON, CA
30+ days ago
Job type
- Part-time
Job description
Job Description
- To provide care to patients and their families who visit the eye clinic. Specifically, to perform Humphrey Visual Field Testing, Pachymetry, Lensometry, and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
- Perform work-ups including completion of health history, V/A and IOP checks, pupil assessment, color test and instilling drops
- Perform A Scan, B Scan, Fundus Photos, IVFA, Specular Microscope and Goldmann Visual Field
- Ordering and stocking of supplies (including pharmacy supplies)
- Care and cleaning of equipment including calibration
- Set-up of rooms for procedures such as intravitreal injection, laser treatment, Chalazion removal trays…etc.
Qualifications
Halton Healthcare endeavors to hire individuals who are competent in their chosen profession and who exemplify our mission, vision and values of accountability, respect and compassion which guide our individual behaviours and attitudes.
- Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT) required
- Experience with OCT required
- Experience with EMR
- Excellent knowledge of Humphrey Visual Field Testing, including software
- Knowledge of the use of manual Lensometer
- Excellent skills to function independently and within the interdisciplinary team
- Strong knowledge and skills of providing care to a full range of patients
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal
- Satisfactory attendance, clean employment record
Additional Information
Hours of work: Monday - Friday Days;0700-1500, 0800-1600, 0900-1700 (subject to change based on operational requirements)
Positions: 2
Salary range: $ - $ per hour
Date Posted: March 31, 2026
Internal applications due by: April 7, 2026
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