Pay: Dependent on experience
1-3 years: $22-25/hour
4-6 years: $26-29/hour
6+ years: $30-33/hour
Schedule:
Monday through Thursday 7:30AM – 5PM
Friday 7:30AM – 4PM
Requirements:
- 1+ year of Optician experience
- High school diploma or equivalent is required
- ABO Certification preferred, not required
- EMR/EHR experience required, practice uses NexTech
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Responsibilities:
- Dispense and fit spectacles and other optical aids, working from the prescriptions written by optometrists and ophthalmologists
- Assist patients in selecting eyewear and contact lenses, place orders, adjust, and fit glasses and contact lenses
- Interpret optical prescriptions written by ophthalmologists
- Give advice to patients on lens type, frames, and styling
- Take frame and facial measurements to ensure correct fit and positioning
- Troubleshoot any patient issues that may arise regarding eyewear
- Advise patients when adjustments or repairs to spectacles are needed
- Select, manage, and order glasses and other optical products
- Oder lenses from appropriate labs
- Check lenses on delivery to ensure that they meet the required specifications
- Arrange and maintain shop displays
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, employees, and the public
- Instruct patients on cleaning and handling of eyewear
- Knowledge of optics and optical science including contact lenses brands and types
- Order contacts as specified by provider
- Receive and process patient requests for contact lens products
- Order patient requests via phone, e-mail, fax, or website
- Receive, verify, and process incoming orders
- Prepare fee slips
- Process refunds, returns, and exchanges
- Enter patient charges and payments into practice management software
- Respond to Rx verification requests
- Communicate with vendor representatives and contact lens companies
- Record contact lens activities in patient charts
- Order contact lens supplies
- Act as liaison between OD’s and suppliers
- Inform patients of cost and collecting payment when applicable
- Ensure HIPAA compliance
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor
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