Optician-Optical Sales

B James PC; Oakmont (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick time

Vacation days

Retirement plan

Quarterly bonus

Paid Holidays

Aflac employee program

Job summary

B James PC in Oakmont, PA is seeking an experienced Optician who is personable and welcoming to our patients. The role supports frame selection, lens choices, coatings, frame adjustments, and sales while upholding a family-oriented practice that avoids weekends.

You will train new contact lens patients, measure prescriptions with a manual lensometer, answer phones, schedule appointments, verify insurance, submit claims, and manage product orders.

Qualifications

• Experience as an optician is preferred.
• Excellent patient communication and customer service.
• Comfort with insurance verification and billing.
• EHR proficiency is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with frame selection and lens choices.
• Train new contact lens patients on insertion/removal.
• Measure prescriptions with a lensometer.
• Answer phones and book patient appointments.
• Verify and submit vision insurance claims.
• Order frames, lenses, contact lenses, sunglasses, and more.

Skills

EHR proficient

Tools

Manual lensometer

Job description

We are a family practice, operating 4 days a week creating a good life/ work balance. No Weekends

Our new Optician will be a welcome addition to our team and family who is both personable and welcoming to our patients. A passion for eyecare and general patient health is essential to providing the best experience we can!

Optician Duties & Responsibilities

• Helping with frame selection, education on lens choices and coatings, frame adjustments, and sales.
• Performing and training new contact lens patients on the process of inserting and removing a contact lens from their eye.
• Measure single vision, bifocal and progressive glasses prescriptions with a manual lensometer.
• Answering phones, booking patient appointments, verifying insurance, as well as checking patients in and out of the office.
• Submitting vision insurance claims.
• Ordering patient products including frames, lenses, contact lenses, sunglasses, and more. A
• EHR proficient

Compensation and Benefits

We reward our staff well with competitive salaries (commensurate with experience) as well as benefits including:

• Sick time
• Vacation days
• Retirement plan
• Quarterly bonus
• Paid Holidays
• Aflac employee program

If you're an experienced Optician looking to take the next step in your career,