Clinical & Surgical Responsibilities
- Managing Ophthalmic Formulary: Select specific brands and generics for anti-VEGF injections, miotics, mydriatics, and specialized viscoelastic devices used in cataract surgeries.
- Compounding Sterile Preparations: Prepare intravitreal injections, fortified antibiotic eye drops (e.g., vancomycin, ceftazidime), and autologous serum drops under strict ISO Class 5 laminar airflow hoods.
- Operating Room (OR) Kit Preparation: Assemble customized surgical medication bins for procedures like phacoemulsification, vitrectomy, and corneal transplants.
- Verifying High-Alert Medications: Double-check dilutions for intraocular medications like acetylcholine, carbachol, or trypan blue dye to prevent TASS (Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome).
Operations & Setup Responsibilities
- Designing Pharmacy SOPs: Establish new protocols for medication storage, look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) ophthalmic drops, and cold-chain management for refrigerated medications.
- Managing Cold-Chain Logistics: Monitor strict temperature logs for expensive biologics, corneal storage media, and botulinum toxin injections.
- Inventory Control Management: Set minimum and maximum stock levels to minimize wastage of high-cost, low-volume ophthalmic drugs.
- Narcotics and Controlled Substances Regulatory Compliance: Set up legal registries for dangerous drugs and anesthetics used by ophthalmic surgeons and anesthetists.
Patient Care & Safety Responsibilities
- Counseling on Eye Drop Administration: Instruct patients on proper instillation techniques, nasolacrimal occlusion, and the mandatory 5-minute gap between different eye drops.
- Reviewing Post-Operative Treatment Plans: Reconcile medications to ensure patients understand complex, tapering steroid schedules alongside antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drops.
- Monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions: Track and report local ocular side effects, such as increased intraocular pressure (IOP) from steroid drops or systemic absorption issues.
- Collaborating with Ophthalmic Teams: Provide immediate drug interaction advice to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and ophthalmic nurses regarding systemic diseases affecting eye health.
- Vendor Coordination: Establish relationships with lens labs and frame manufacturers.
- Inventory Curation: Select and purchase an initial mix of frames and lenses.
- SOP Development: Create standard operating procedures for ordering, fitting, and quality checks.
- Pricing Strategy: Help define pricing structures for frames, lenses, and contact lenses.
- Display Setup: Organize the optical shop layout for maximum visual appeal and sales.
Patient Care & Clinical Assistance
- Prescription Interpretation: Analyze prescriptions written by the hospital’s ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- Patient Education: Explain different lens materials, coatings (anti-glare, blue-light), and progressive options.
- Facial Measurements: Take precise pupillary distance (PD) and segment height measurements.
- Frame Fitting: Help patients select frames that match their face shape, style, and prescription needs.
- Device Instruction: Teach patients how to insert, remove, and care for contact lenses.
Technical & Quality Control
- Lens Edging: Cut and fit lenses into frames if the hospital has an in-house lab.
- Final Inspection: Verify completed eyewear against the prescription using a lensometer before dispensing.
- Repairs & Adjustments: Adjust, tighten, and repair patient frames for a comfortable fit. [1]
Business & Administrative Duties
- Sales Targets: Drive optical revenue to help the new hospital meet its early financial goals.
- Insurance Processing: Verify vision insurance benefits and submit claims accurately.
- Billing & POS: Manage the point-of-sale system, cash handling, and daily sales receipts.
- Stock Management: Track inventory levels to ensure popular frame styles remain in stock.
- Interdepartmental Synergy: Work closely with the hospital's medical team to ensure smooth patient handover.
Pay: From ₹20,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
