ABO Certified Optician / Doctor's Assistant

To Whom It May Concern:

Please consider me for employment within your practice. I pride myself on being a hard working and dedicated individual and believe firmly that I could make a considerable contribution to your office if hired.

I obtained my ABOC in November 2010 and am very eager to continue my hands-on experience and education in the optometric / ophthalmic field. My goal is to continue my education and learn all that I can pertaining to this field.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Ashley N. Neefe

29642 Hegar Rd.

Hockley, Texas 77447

Mobile: 832-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

Objective: Looking for a challenging and fulfilling position that will provide opportunities for growth, while allowing me to continue my education in the optometric / ophthalmic field.

Work Experience:

• Waller Family Eyecare, LLC, Waller TX – Doctor’s Assistant / Optician (Sep 2010 – Present) 936-***-**** (Supervisor – Dr. Lindsey Owen)

Responsibilities:

- Patient pretesting and workup

- Fundus photography

- Contact lens I & R training

- Stock / clean exam rooms

- Review charts for doctor

- Electronically transmit prescriptions via Allscripts

- Edging single vision lenses

- Order glasses / contact lenses

- Dispense, repair and adjust glasses

- Optical sales

- Front desk duties as needed

- Patient call backs

Machinery Used:

- Topcon KR8000PA Auto Kerato Refractometer

- Humphrey Visual Field FDT Frequency Doubling Tech

- Canon Non-Mydriatic Retinal Camera

- Marco Nidek NT 2000 Auto Non Contact Tonometer

- Nidek 3D Fit Pattern Less Edger LE 9000 SX

- Acutec JD2000 Lensmeter

• Self-Employed, (March 2005 – August 2010)

- Small handcrafted jewelry business (Designing and creating jewelry to sell at seasonal craft fairs and home jewelry parties.)

- Pet sitting

• Skelton Business Equipment, Tomball TX – Temp Position (Oct 2004 – Feb 2005) 281-***-**** (Supervisor – Barbie Beyer)

Responsibilities:

- Answering phones - Customer service

- Shipping / Receiving - Filing / Data Entry

• Theiss Nursery, Magnolia TX - Seasonal (Mar 2002 – Oct 2004) 281-***-**** (Supervisor – Herbert Theiss)

Responsibilities:

- Answering phones

- Customer service

- Cashiering

• Klein’s Supermarket, Tomball TX (Jun 2001 – Feb 2002) 281-***-**** (Supervisor – Wes Neubauer)

Responsibilities:

- Cashiering

- Customer service

- Organizing product on shelves

Education:

• Currently taking the self-study course (AOA) for the CPOA Certification exam

• Apollo for Advanced Dispensing Professionals Course - Sep 2011

• Golden Eagle Training (ABO Certification Prep Course) - Apr 2010

• Lone Star College Tomball (Become An Optical Assistant) - Jan 2010

- An introductory course which covered ocular anatomy, ocular conditions, refractive errors, glasses and contact lens prescriptions, glasses and frame styling, pretesting procedures.

• Waller High School (GED) - 2001

Certifications:

• ABOC (Nov 2010)

Additional Skills:

- Crystal Practice Management

- Solution Reach / Smile Reminder

- Microsoft Office 2007

- Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 - Adobe Photoshop CS5 / Acrobat 9 Pro.

- Internet browsing and search engine usage

- Scanning / faxing documents and preparing them for printing

References: Available upon request.

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