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Licensed Optician

Open 32d posting dated 7 days ago

Summary

Licensed Optician fits and dispenses eyeglasses and contact lenses, operates optical equipment, and provides patient care in a retail-clinical setting.

Job Summary

A Licensed Optician will achieve a world class Total Patient Experience that both maximizes retail sales while also supporting the patients’ medical needs. This team member is trained to dispense and fit glasses and contacts, working from the prescriptions written by Optometrists and Ophthalmologists. They connect the patient needs to the goods and services offered. This team member is also able to handle a wide range of duties while using optical equipment to perform the initial testing needed to prepare a patient for an exam with an Optometrist.

Duties and Responsibilities (Responsibilities necessary to accomplish job functions)

  • Embrace and execute our Total Patient Experience to build relationships with all patients while delivering great medical support
  • Determine patient wants and needs and offering products to exceed their expectations
  • Assist patients in selecting frames according to style and color, coordinating frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions
  • Operate manual lensometer, auto-lensometer, autorefractor/keratometer, retinal camera, visual field, GDX or OCT
  • Educate and recommend specific lenses, lens coatings and frames to suit patient needs
  • Can accurately collect measurements such as bridge, eye size, temple length, seg heights, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and pantoscopic tilt
  • Acknowledge patients in a friendly, approachable way that invites them into the office
  • Maintain frame standards with cleaning, organization, full and well-presented areas

Education, Licensure & Certification Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • ABO Certification
  • NCLE Certification

Experience Requirements

  • Previous medical office experience preferred; previous optometric experience strongly preferred.
  • Associates Degree preferred
  • Minimum of 1 year in a position interacting with customers/patients or the equivalent combination of education and experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements

  • Professional in appearance and actions
  • Customer-focused with excellent written, listening and verbal communication skills
  • Favorable result on Background check
  • Exhibits a positive attitude and is flexible in accepting work assignments and priorities
  • Meets attendance and tardiness expectations
  • Travel to other site locations may be necessary. Thus, those needing to travel for work must have access to dependable transportation, and driving record must meet company liability carrier standards
  • Knowledge of state and federal regulations for this position; general understanding of HIPAA guidelines

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • This role requires a variety of physical activities to effectively perform essential job functions. The position involves frequent walking (75%), sitting (50%), and standing (50%), with regular bending, stooping, and reaching (25–50%). Employees must be able to lift, carry, push, and pull items up to 25 lbs. Strong fine motor skills and full use of hands are essential, as the role demands constant grasping, writing/typing, and use of technology. Visual and auditory acuity—including color, depth, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus—is required 100% of the time. Occasional driving or climbing may also be necessary

LOCATION :

  • Work is primarily performed in a standard office or clinical setting. However, travel to other locations may be required to carry out essential job duties and responsibilities

SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

If you need assistance with this application, please contact (636) 227-2600. Please do not contact the office directly – only resumes submitted through this website will be considered.

EyeCare Partners is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

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First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter

  • What is your desired compensation for this role?
  • Are you eligible to work in the U.S.? choose one
  • Have you obtained a High School Diploma or GED? choose one
  • Have you ever been terminated from employment or asked to resign by an employer? choose one
  • If you have been terminated/asked to resign, please provide company name and details. written answer
  • Are you able to perform the essential functions of the job for which you are applying, with or without a reasonable accommodation? choose one
  • If referred by a current employee, what is their full name?
  • To the best of your knowledge, have you ever worked for our company or affiliated companies? choose one
  • EyeCare Partners and it's affiliated companies are an equal opportunity employer. EyeCare Partners does not discriminate in employment on account of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service. I understand that neither the completion of this application nor any other part of my consideration for employment establishes any obligation for EyeCare Partners to hire me. If I am hired, I understand that either EyeCare Partners or I can terminate my employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause and without prior notice. I understand that no representative of EyeCare Partners has the authority to make any assurance to the contrary. I attest with my typed signature below that I have given to EyeCare Partners true and complete information on this application. No requested information has been concealed. I authorize EyeCare Partners to contact references provided for employment reference checks. If any information I have provided is untrue, or if I have concealed material information, I understand that this will constitute cause for the denial of employment or immediate dismissal. Signature:
  • I attest that I am not an “Ineligible Person” and that I understand that I must immediately disclose to EyeCare Partners any debarment, exclusion, or suspension. Ineligible Persons includes an individual or entity who is currently excluded, debarred, suspended, or otherwise ineligible to participate in the Federal health care programs or in Federal procurement or non procurement programs; or has been convicted of a criminal offense that falls within the ambit of 42 U.S.C. § 1320a‐7(a), but has not yet been excluded, debarred, or suspended. Signature:
  • If you accept employment with our company, will you live or work in the state of IL? choose one
  • Do you currently hold any of these certifications/licenses? Please check all that apply. If not, please select NONE. choose any