Optician: Eyewear Fitting, Sales & Patient Care Leader

nan; Mt. Lebanon (PA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement savings

Paid time off/vacation

Employee discounts

Job summary

Vision Associates, part of EssilorLuxottica, seeks an eyewear specialist to deliver outstanding patient experiences. You will fit eyewear, take precise measurements, and manage orders to meet each patient’s needs. Join a team dedicated to eye care excellence and community service.

The role emphasizes accuracy, technology adoption, and collaboration with doctors and staff to ensure high-quality patient care while maintaining a welcoming, professional dispensary environment.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Active state optical licensure; must maintain license.
• Strong customer service skills: communicator, listener, and team builder.
• Strong basic math skills.
• Sales skills.
• Embraces new technology and change.

Responsibilities

• Custom fits glasses and precisely places prescription in lenses.
• Acts as a leader in optical acumen that provides a voice for peers.
• Takes and records measurements, adjusts or fits eyewear correctly, thorough and exact in details; ensures finished eyewear meets standards and patient requirements.
• Explores the needs and priorities of patients by asking open ended questions.
• Assists peers with difficult or complex areas of product needs and prescriptions.
• Anticipates problems; explores underlying reasons for patient issues; strives to develop long-term solutions to problems and ensures patients are satisfied and expectations are exceeded.

Skills

Optical licensure

Customer service

Math skills

Sales skills

Tech-savvy

POS familiarity

Education

High School graduate or equivalent

Tools

Point-of-sale systems

Patient records software

Job description

Vision Associates, part of EssilorLuxottica, seeks an eyewear specialist to deliver outstanding patient experiences. You will fit eyewear, take precise measurements, and manage orders to meet each patient’s needs. Join a team dedicated to eye care excellence and community service.

The role emphasizes accuracy, technology adoption, and collaboration with doctors and staff to ensure high-quality patient care while maintaining a welcoming, professional dispensary environment.