Retinal Screening Tech

**RETINAL SCREENING TECH** **Looking for meaningful work in a vibrant outpatient community practice?** **Why Lincoln Community Health Center?** - **Federally Qualified Health Center located in Central North Carolina whose mission is to serve the community** - **Primary and Preventive Outpatient Health Care** - **Community and Quality Focused** - **Leadership and Staff Positions** - **Primarily weekday business hours Monday-Friday 8am-5pm** **OCCUPATIONAL SUMMARY:** Perform diabetic retinal screening photos for Lincoln Community Health Center to help screen for retinopathy in diabetic patients and follow processes related to documenting and arranging follow-up for results as needed. **KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:** Good customer service skills. Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions generally acquired through a high school education and medical assistant programming. Heavy lifting and the ability to wheelchair patients may be required. Working knowledge of sanitation, personal hygiene and basic health and safety precautions applicable for work in a clinic setting. Working knowledge of infection control procedures and safety precautions. Daily clinic preparation process; registration, scheduling, charge posting, order entry. Able to document and communicate pertinent information . Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients and clinic staff. **MINIMAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:** Graduation from accredited 4-year college required. Medical or graduate health professional student preferred. Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. (LCHC), mission is to provide primary and preventive health care in a courteous, professional, and personalized manner. Key requirements for any position are our “Core Values”: •Courtesy •Respect •Quality •Accessibility •Teamwork •Continuous Improvement •Accountability LCHC provides comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to our patients regardless of ability to pay. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide health care to all members of our community, including low income, uninsured patients and diverse communities. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our key requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so staff must be committed to the mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve. Understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences.