Job Description

Company: Total Vision

Position: Vision Therapist

Location: Total Vision Carlsbad - 3144 El Camino Real, #202, Carlsbad, CA 92008

Duration: Full-time, Direct Hire

Pay: $16.50 - $24.00 Hourly

Total Vision is a group of highly successful optometry practices aligned with a common goal of world-class eye-care results for its patients and California communities. We are a company that is seeing significant growth and are looking for top-notch team members with the passion, energy, focus, and commitment to excel in this type of environment.

Job Description

A vision therapist, under the supervision of an optometrist, provides one-to-one direct therapeutic services with patients that have eye movement, focusing, eye teaming, and visual information processing deficits utilizing specialized equipment such as prisms, lenses, filters and occlusion, computerized programs and balance and movement activities.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Comprehensive training with lecture, study material assignments, workshops and co-treatment of patients will be provided on an on-going basis.

• Working one on one with patients of all abilities and all ages, having their best interest in mind. Applying vision therapy theory and techniques and adapting to increase patient success.
• Providing Vision Therapy assessments using standardized tests as well as objective measurements and observations.
• Charting weekly patient notes in a timely manner to get doctor signatures/approvals between sessions.
• Providing doctor support in managing electronic charts, scheduling, report writing, and record keeping.
• Phone and in-person conversations with patients and families to meet patient's needs.
• Making phone calls with insurance companies to verify coverage for vision therapy services.
• Monitoring department schedule to ensure department productivity.
• Accurately recording patient encounters both by clinical notes and using office software for appointment transactions. 

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
• Experience in Ophthalmic or Optometric Industry is a plus but is not required.
• Experience in working with children with special needs, behavioral modification/ ABA therapy, child and geriatric care, and rehabilitation therapy is welcomed. 

Total Vision is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal civil rights laws.

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