Manager Ophthalmology Clinic

We’re looking for an Ophthalmology Clinic Manager, someone who’s ready to grow with our company. In this position, you’ll maintain accountability for clinical and personnel activities for daily operations related to the provision of Ophthalmology services, provide support to the Director, Medical Director, and Practice Administrator for outpatient clinic operations, provide clinical direction to assigned staff, and provide patient care for patients within the scope of demonstrated clinical competencies.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Qualifications: 
•    Bachelor’s degree required
•    COA - Cert-Cert Ophthalmic Assistant by Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) required OR COT - Cert-Cert Ophthalmic TECH by Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) required
•    4 years of clinical experience in pediatric ophthalmology required

Job Duties & Responsibilities:
•    Coordinate and collaborate outpatient clinical operations and patient care needs with appropriate members of the healthcare team to achieve desired clinical outcomes and management of care across the continuum
•    Demonstrate effective communication skills with the health care team and work to eliminate communication barriers
•    Serve as a liaison between physicians, families, technicians, and ancillary departments
•    Coordinate departmental performance improvement efforts and ensure compliance of departmental policies and procedures with regulatory requirements
•    Observe, identify, and address human resources issues for assigned staff, and coach, counsel and develop staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care
•    Ensure all new employees complete required orientation and competency assessments
•    Perform visual acuity, color vision testing, lensometry, exophthalmometry, Amsler grid, Schirmer test, pupil evaluation, anterior chamber depth assessment, stereo testing, ocular motility on extraocular muscle actions, strabismus, amblyopia, and assessment methods on children and adults
•    Perform basic instrument maintenance on ophthalmoscopes, retinoscopes, lensometers, perimeters, tangent screen, phoropter/trial frames, slip lamps, keratometers, muscle light, and surgical instruments
•    Support the implementation of clinic goals (in collaboration with physician and clinic leadership) and communication of the organization’s strategic plan to staff


 

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

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