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type: 'JobPosting'
title: 'Ophthalmic Technician I (Float)'
url: 'https://pepper2.socialhost.dev/job/23362446/ophthalmic-technician-i-float/'
job_id: '23362446'
organization: 'SFX Demo'
location: 'Pittsburgh, PA'
employment_type: 'Full-Time'
date_posted: '2025-12-07T11:04:53.147Z'
date_modified: '2026-05-18T09:14:25.253Z'
---

# Ophthalmic Technician I (Float)

- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Employment type: Full-Time
- Category: Allied Health
- Shift: Day Job
- Business unit: University of Pittsburgh Physicians
- Pay: $21.14–$35.13 / hr
- Organization: SFX Demo
- Posted: 2025-12-07T11:04:53.147Z

## Description

University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmic Technician I to support the Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility located at 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. This will be a float position and will be required to travel to all 4 locations as needed (travel could be on a daily or weekly basis). The hours for this position will be Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm.

The Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility at ST Health Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is comprised of 4 clinic locations and one administrative space, all working as a team to provide the highest level of care to patients and families through clinical expertise, research initiatives, and strong administrative support.

**Responsibilities:**

- Refractometry: auto-refractor, transposing scripts from + to -

- Contact lenses: insertion, removal and instructions

- Pupillary assessment: measurement, compare and evaluate.

- History taking to include ocular, medical, medication, social and family.

- Lensometry: automated and manual

- Angle assessment & dilation of pupils

- Assist with maintaining office inventory, notifying appropriate staff when supplies are needed, restocking exam rooms, cleaning and sterilizing of instruments and cleaning patient exam rooms at end of day.

- Visual fields: Amsler grid & confrontation fields

- Supplemental skills: Color testing, glare test

- Ocular Motility: Knowledge of the functions & anomalies, cover tests, stereo-acuity, nystagmus

- Tonometry: Icare, Tonopen and the care and proper disinfection of

- Visual acuity assessment: with and without correction, distance, near and intermediate, pinhole, best corrected, potential acuity, brightness acuity

- High school diploma or equivalent is required.

- Experience as an Ophthalmic Technician in an Ophthalmology office or combination of related education and/or experience preferred.

- Completion of AAO Home Study Course is preferred.

**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**
Valid CPR certification

- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

- Act 34

**ST Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**

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