About This Role
Opticians help patients find frames that fit their personality and educate them on lens options and coatings. This role is for a people-person who can handle multiple projects, enjoys working with and educating patients, and has a positive personality. Experience is preferred but not required, as training is provided for eager learners.
Responsibilities
- Process prescriptions
- Measure customers' eyes and faces, such as the distance between their pupils
- Create work orders for ophthalmic lab technicians
- Help people choose frames and lens treatments, such as eyewear for occupational use or sports, tints, or anti-reflective coatings, based on their vision needs and style preferences
- Adjust the eyewear to ensure a proper fit
- Utilize special tools to repair or replace broken frames
- Educate customers about eyewear, for example, showing them how to care for their contact lenses
- Perform business tasks, such as maintaining sales records, keeping track of customers' prescriptions, and ordering and maintaining inventory in the optical store
Requirements
- Critical thinking skills to evaluate situations and make decisions with customers' best interests in mind, including adjustments to glasses and lenses, and material, style, and strength recommendations
- Management skills for running business operations of an optical store
- Manual dexterity and good hand-eye coordination for using small, specialized tools to fix and adjust eyewear
- Friendly person willing to go above and beyond for the customer and employer
- Must care about the job like it's their own business
- Must have future Saturday availability
- High school diploma or equivalent (Required)
Nice to have:
Benefits
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
- Bereavement leave
- Health insurance
Important Details
- Employment type: full-time or part-time
- Schedule: possible Saturday hours; no less than 32.0 hours per week