What are the responsibilities and job description for the Optician position at La Mesa Vision Care Center Optometry?
La Mesa Vision Care Center Optometry (LMVC) is looking to add a fun, easy going and caring Optician to our growing eye care team in La Mesa. At LMVC, our mission is to provide patients with a unique experience that goes beyond achieving 20/20 vision. We strive to provide effortless vision so our patients can perform without visual stress everyday! Every patient encounter is customized to meet their individual needs.
The person who joins our team should be a motivated individual who wants to learn more about eye care and is passionate about being an integral member of the eye care team. This candidate must be friendly and social such that patients enjoy their experience at LMVA from the moment they schedule their appointment. Experience in customer service and optometry is required as well as excellent communication skills.
Education:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
Qualifications:
- Customer Service Experience: 2 years (required)
- Sales Experience: 2 year (required)
- Optician Experience: 2 years (preferred)
Salary:
- $20-21 per hour with subject to increase after onboarding
Job Type:
- Full Time or part-time
Number of Hires for Job:
- 1
Schedule:
- Monday – Friday
- 8 hour shifts
Work Location:
- One Location
Pay Frequency:
- BiMonthly
Typical Start/End:
- 9am/6pm
Benefits for full-time employees:
- Paid Time Off
- Health/Dental Insurance
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Scheduling appointments via phone calls, text messages and our online Weave platform.
- Answering phones, booking patient appointments, verifying insurance, as well as checking patients in and out of the office
- Scanning medical charts into the Electronic Health Records
- Performing pre-tests such as autorefraction, fundus photography, visual fields (experience not required)
- Ordering patient products including frames, lenses, contact lenses, sunglasses, and more (experience required)
- Fitting and styling patients with frames according to their lifestyle, prescription and preference
This description is not intended to include all of the job duties. Team members may be required to do other job-related tasks not previously listed.
Work Location:
- La Mesa
Work Remotely
- No
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $21.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
Supplemental Pay:
- Bonus opportunities
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20 - $21