Optician | Sparta and Tomah | Full-time

Gundersen Health System; Sparta (WI); On-site; USD 23,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with matching

Paid time off

Competitive health insurance

Wellness programs

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Gundersen Health System is seeking an Optician to dispense eyeglasses and design vision correction devices. The role includes 0.9 FTE (36 hours/week) with weekday shifts and no weekends. Location: Sparta and Tomah, WI, with opportunities to travel to other Gundersen optical locations across the region.

Requires ABO certification within 18 months, high school diploma, and 1 year of customer service experience. On-the-job training provided. Competitive benefits and starting pay listed.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service roles is required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
• On-the-job training provided for optical dispensing.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional eyeglasses dispensing services.
• Design vision correction devices to meet patient needs.
• Collaborate with doctors, assistants and other staff to ensure quality service.
• Assist patients with frame and lens selections and adjustments.
• Rotate weekday schedule with no weekend shifts.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Education

ABO certification

Job description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 We’re not just filling positions, we’re building careers. At Emplify Health, we care for our teams, while they care for their communities. Whether you are just starting out or looking for a change, Emplify Health supports you now and into the future. Join us and find out how a little empathy changes everything.

The Optician works with doctors, assistants, technicians, managers, and other department personnel to provide professional eyeglasses dispensing services. Designs vision correction devices to meet the visual, cosmetic, and lifestyle needs of the patients. On the job training provided!

What You'll Do

• 0.9 FTE.
• Work 36 hours each week
• Work weekdays rotating a day off.
• No weekends!
• Location: Sparta and Tomah
• Have the opportunity to travel to other Gundersen optical locations: Onalaska, La Crosse, Prairie du Chien, Tomah, Whitehall, Winona, Waukon, Decorah, Hillsboro, Moundview, Black River Falls, and Whitehall

What You'll Need

Education: High School Diploma or equivalency

Experience: 1 year of experience in a customer service related position

Licenses/Certs: American Board of Opticianry (ABO) certification required within 18 months of hire date

What You'll Get

Starting Pay: $20.31/hour + more for experience

• 401(k) with matching
• paid time off
• competitive health insurance
• wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy
• tuition reimbursement
• and more

Career Growth/CDC - Growth opportunities and access to Emplify Health’s Career Development Center to help you navigate your career

Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer Around here, loving your job is part of the job. Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you'll love!

Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you. We've made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love. Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve. You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself!

What You Can Expect

Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth Culture that encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love.

We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are.

Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties.

Our physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system includes a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; 6 affiliate critical access hospitals; nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services.

Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating. We deliver Love + Medicine every day to change lives in our communities and enrich the lives of our employees.

Select Remote/Hybrid Eligible under More search to see our remote-eligible openings. A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you.