Optical Technician - Full Benefits & Eyewear Specialist

EyeCare Associates, Inc.; Albertville (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits Package - Medical,Vision

401k + Employer Matching

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays

Paid Maternity Leave

Eyecare Certification Reimbursement

Competitive Base Pay

Employee Discounts

Job summary

EyeCare Partners seeks an Optical Technician to dispense and fit glasses and contacts, aligning prescriptions from Optometrists and Ophthalmologists with the patient’s needs. You will connect patient needs to products and services while delivering a world-class Total Patient Experience.

This role emphasizes accurate measurements, frame selection assistance, and operation of lensometry equipment in a clinical setting, with excellent patient service as a core requirement.

Qualifications

• Previous medical office experience preferred; ophthalmic experience strongly preferred.
• 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
• Must be able to provide 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 service experience

Medical office experience

Interpersonal communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

EyeCare Partners seeks an Optical Technician to dispense and fit glasses and contacts, aligning prescriptions from Optometrists and Ophthalmologists with the patient’s needs. You will connect patient needs to products and services while delivering a world-class Total Patient Experience.

This role emphasizes accurate measurements, frame selection assistance, and operation of lensometry equipment in a clinical setting, with excellent patient service as a core requirement.