Optician

Midwest Vision Partners; Plainwell (MI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

No nights or weekends

Benefits package

PTO

401(k) match

Holidays

Job summary

Midwest Vision Partners is seeking an Optician to join our team in Michigan. You will sell, fit and dispense eyewear to patients, helping them look and see their best using the latest eyewear trends.

You will evaluate prescriptions, measure pupillary distance, and recommend lenses and frames while delivering excellent customer service in a retail optical setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Experience in customer service.
• Excellent verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Sell, fit and dispense eyewear to patients.
• Evaluate prescriptions and visual requirements.
• Recommend lenses, coatings and frames to suit needs.
• Measure pupillary distance and eye measurements with devices.
• Assist customers in selecting frames for style and fit.
• Heat and shape frames to fit customers.

Skills

Customer service

Verbal communication

Retail experience

Eyewear knowledge

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Lensometer

Job description

We are looking for an Optician to join our team. As an Optician you will sell, fit and dispense eyewear to patients. Our Opticians help customers look and see their best working with the latest Eyewear Fashion Trends!

Schedule: Monday- Friday (40 hrs per week)

What you will be doing

• Remain current with eyewear trends.
• Evaluate customer's prescriptions and visual requirements.
• Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
• Measure clients bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
• Selling goods such as contact lenses, spectacles, sunglasses, and other goods related to eyes in general.
• Assist customers in selecting frames according to style and color and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
• Heat and shape plastic or metal frames to adjust eyeglasses to fit clients
• Show customers how to insert, remove, and care for their contact lenses.
• Determine customer's current lens prescriptions, when necessary, using lensometer or lens analyzers and customer's eyeglasses.
• Order and purchase frames and lenses.

What you knowRequired

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Experience working in customer service
• Excellent verbal communication skills

Desired

• 2 years recent retail office experience (Optical Retail preferred)
• ABO/NCLE Certified
• Graduate of Optical Studies Program
• Familiarity with Ophthalmology and Optometry practice

What you will receive

• Competitive wages
• Network of Partnered Practices across 5 states
• Lucrative Monthly Incentive Program
• Little to No nights or weekends!
• Robust benefit package including medical, dental, life and disability (short- and long-term) insurance
• Generous paid time off (PTO) program
• Seven (7) company paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• An organization focused on People, Passion, Purpose and Progress
• Inspirational culture

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