Full-Time
Ophthalmic Assistant
SSM Health
11-50 employees
Operates hospitals, clinics, and health plans
No salary listed
Dodgeville, WI, USA
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- A high school diploma, GED, or 10 years of work experience is required.
- One year of health care experience is required.
- Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider certification is required within 90 days of employment.
- The ability to work in a fast-paced clinical environment and collaborate with others is required.
- The role requires constant standing and walking; frequent oral communication, hearing, lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 pounds, reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry; and occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting, repetitive movements, lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 pounds, moving patients, odor detection, and driving.
- Prepare patients for eye examinations and procedures.
- Perform preliminary vision tests, including visual acuity, tonometry, and refraction.
- Assist with diagnostic imaging such as optical coherence tomography, fundus photography, and visual field testing.
- Document patient history and maintain accurate medical records in the electronic medical record system.
- Educate patients on eye health, medications, and post-procedure care under the direction of an eye-care provider.
- Maintain and clean ophthalmic instruments and equipment.
- Assist eye-care providers in the examination and treatment of patients.
- Initiate documentation of the patient’s chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, and pertinent ocular findings.
- Perform visual acuity measurement, color vision testing, lensometry, keratometry, pupil-function testing, tonometry, automated perimetry, extraocular muscle evaluation, confrontation visual field testing, and other patient services requested by the provider.
- Act as a scribe by documenting clinically relevant interactions and dialogue during patient visits, including history and examination, diagnoses, orders, evaluation and management information, follow-up, and patient instructions.
- Assist with minor surgery procedures and laser treatments in the office, including application and removal of dressings as directed.
- Inventory and maintain surgical instruments in accordance with system and department standards.
- Screen patients and calls for emergency or urgent situations and obtain pertinent information for the provider.
- Work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Completion of an accredited ophthalmic assistant program.
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant certification, or willingness to obtain it within 18 months of hire.
- Previous experience in an ophthalmology or optometry setting.
SSM Health is a Catholic, not‑for‑profit integrated health system serving the Midwest. It runs 23 hospitals, 490+ physician offices and outpatient centers, plus virtual and post‑acute care, as well as a health plan, a pharmacy benefit manager, and an accountable care organization. It coordinates care across the full continuum—from physician clinics to hospital care—while serving the uninsured and Medicaid populations and pursuing clinical research in oncology, pediatrics, and cardiovascular health. Its goal is to improve population health through coordinated, accessible care and expanded behavioral health access within a diversified, faith‑based nonprofit framework.
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 2025 operating income reached $148.5 million after 2024's $70 million loss.
- Q1 2026 operating income rose to $7.1 million on $3.3 billion revenue.
- July 2025 Verona outpatient center opens September 2026, expanding Wisconsin outpatient access.
What critics are saying
- June 2026 DOJ settlement hit SLU Hospital pharmacy for waived copays and whistleblower claims.
- SSM's Q1 2026 operating margin stayed only 0.2%, leaving no shock absorber.
- St. Louis University Hospital drives roughly 80% of nurse contract labor, concentrating staffing risk.
What makes SSM Health unique
- Catholic mission and Midwest footprint unify 23 hospitals across four states.
- SSM Health runs hospitals, insurance, PBM, and an ACO under one system.
- Saint Louis University partnership strengthens oncology, pediatrics, and cardiovascular research.
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