Optical Eyewear Fitting Technician

Clarkson Eyecare; Wildwood (MO); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

EyeCare Partners seeks an Optical Technician to support the Total Patient Experience, dispense and fit glasses and contacts from optometrist prescriptions, and connect patient needs with available products and services.

You will assist in frame selection, lens recommendations, and operate lensometry equipment. A minimum of 1 year in a customer-facing role and a high school diploma are required; ABO/NCLE preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year in a position interacting with customers/patients or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Favorable result on background check as required by state
• Proof of identity and right to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Embrace and execute our Total Patient Experience to build relationships with all patients while delivering great medical support
• Determine patient wants and needs and selling to exceed their expectations
• Assist patients in selecting frames according to style and color, coordinating frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions
• Able to operate the auto-lensometer and manual lensometer
• 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
• Dispense patient orders and repair and adjust patient frames
• Dispense all glasses and/or contact lens orders using current process

Skills

Customer interaction

Medical office experience

Ophthalmic experience preferred

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

EyeCare Partners seeks an Optical Technician to support the Total Patient Experience, dispense and fit glasses and contacts from optometrist prescriptions, and connect patient needs with available products and services.

You will assist in frame selection, lens recommendations, and operate lensometry equipment. A minimum of 1 year in a customer-facing role and a high school diploma are required; ABO/NCLE preferred.