Full-Time
Ophthalmic Assistant
Updated on 8/17/2026
SSM Health
11-50 employees
Operates hospitals, clinics, and health plans
No salary listed
Sun Prairie, 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 role requires constant standing and walking, frequent communication, hearing, lifting or pushing objects weighing 0–25 pounds, reaching, gripping, keyboard use, data entry, and near and distance vision.
- The role requires occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting, repetitive foot, leg, hand, and arm movements, lifting or pushing objects weighing 25–50 pounds, moving patients, using smell to detect odors, and driving.
- Assist eye care providers in examining and treating patients.
- Prepare patients for eye examinations and procedures.
- Perform preliminary and other requested testing, including visual acuity, color vision, lensometry, keratometry, pupil-function testing, tonometry, automated perimetry, extra-ocular muscle evaluation, confrontation visual field testing, refraction, and other patient services.
- Initiate documentation of the patient’s chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, and pertinent ocular findings.
- Act as a scribe by documenting clinically relevant interactions and dialogue, including history and examination findings, diagnoses, orders, evaluation and management information, follow-up, and patient instructions.
- Provide patient education under the direction of an eye care provider, including education about eye health, medications, and post-procedure care.
- Assist with diagnostic imaging such as optical coherence tomography, fundus photography, and visual field testing.
- Assist with minor surgery procedures and office laser treatments, including applying and removing dressings as directed.
- Document patient history and maintain accurate medical records in the electronic medical record system.
- Inventory, maintain, and clean ophthalmic and surgical instruments and equipment according to 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.
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant certification is strongly preferred, or the employee must be willing to obtain it within 18 months of hire.
- Previous experience in an ophthalmology or optometry setting is preferred.
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
- July 9, 2026 Lake Saint Louis cancer expansion adds infusion bays and SLUCare.
- April 29, 2026 SLU RN-to-BSN deal strengthens recruiting and retention.
- March 2026 Chesterfield YMCA clinic captures primary, behavioral, and wellness visits.
What critics are saying
- Doe v. SSM Health in Missouri state court alleges MyChart data sharing.
- January 31, 2026 Oklahoma Spine and Dean integrations distract leadership through 2027.
- Reimbursement pressure and multi-state overhead threaten margins and future staffing cuts.
What makes SSM Health unique
- SSM's hospital, physician, health plan, and pharmacy footprint spans four states.
- Saint Louis University partnership gives academic medicine, clinical trials, and RN-to-BSN pipeline.
- Behavioral Health Urgent Care and YMCA clinic extend access beyond emergency rooms.
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