Licensed Practice Manager

AEG Vision•Melbourne, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At AEG, the Licensed Practice Manager is the primary on-site leader responsible for creating a consistent, patient-centered, high-performing practice environment. The manager inspires, develops, and supports the practice team while delivering exceptional patient care and achieving business results. The role balances accountability with compassion and develops people as intentionally as it drives results. The Licensed Practice Manager leads through people, process, service, technology, and business execution. Responsibilities include supporting patient flow, reinforcing service expectations, coaching team members, managing operational priorities, and ensuring alignment with patient care standards, provider needs, and performance goals. The role partners closely with the Optometrist and Field Leadership on clinical service alignment, team development, operational consistency, patient handoffs, practice growth, and business success. The manager must lead in a fast-paced environment, interpret performance trends, support adoption of systems and technology, and guide the practice through changing business and patient care needs.

Requirements

At least 3 years of leadership experience in optical, healthcare, retail, hospitality, or a comparable service environment.
High school diploma or equivalent.
State licensure.
Optical dispensing experience.
Optical technical knowledge or comparable healthcare, retail, or service leadership experience.
Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, develop, and hold team members accountable.
Ability to guide team members across multiple practice functions and experience levels.
Strong communication, coaching, observation, and follow-up skills.
Ability to analyze reports, trends, business gaps, patient feedback, and performance data.
Ability to connect business results to team behaviors, patient care, and operational execution.
Ability to think strategically while identifying specific behaviors, process gaps, and coaching opportunities.
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced patient care environment.
Ability to learn software quickly and support team adoption of current and future practice technology.
Adaptability in supporting evolving systems, tools, and AI-enabled technology within the practice.
Ability to partner effectively with Optometrists, District Managers, practice staff, and support teams.

Nice To Haves

Business, hospitality, healthcare, optical, or management education; equivalent experience may be considered.
Optician certification.

Responsibilities

Lead daily practice operations, including patient flow, staffing, scheduling, labor planning, service execution, and operational consistency.
Serve as the primary on-site floor leader, supporting team alignment, patient needs, service recovery, and real-time operational priorities.
Set clear expectations and ensure team members understand daily priorities, responsibilities, patient care standards, and performance goals.
Partner with the Optometrist on exam flow, clinical support expectations, required medical services, patient handoffs, team readiness, and evolving service offerings.
Lead, coach, develop, recognize, and hold team members accountable for performance, patient care standards, service behaviors, and role expectations.
Support new-hire development, ongoing training, company initiatives, technology updates, process changes, and practice-level learning needs.
Reinforce patient service behaviors that build trust, support clear communication and timely follow-up, and create a smooth patient experience.
Monitor patient feedback, service trends, communication gaps, remake opportunities, and operational barriers affecting patient experience or business performance.
Review daily, weekly, and monthly results to identify performance trends, gaps, risks, and opportunities.
Partner with the District Manager on sales, margin, payroll, profitability, patient experience, operational goals, and practice growth.
Communicate business priorities to the team and connect results to behavior, patient care, and operational execution.
Use reports, observations, and trend data to identify opportunities involving patient access, optical service, staffing, payroll, patient experience, and operational efficiency.
Learn and adapt to practice systems, reporting tools, patient care technology, operational software, and evolving digital workflows.
Support team adoption of current and future systems, software updates, workflow changes, and AI-enabled tools.
Ensure operational accuracy across systems, patient transactions, benefit-related workflows, documentation, orders, reporting, communication, and service follow-through.
Support company policies, compliance expectations, asset protection, loss prevention, confidentiality, and operational standards.
Share best practices and support company initiatives that improve practice performance, patient care, team development, and operational consistency.
Perform other duties as needed and assigned by the field leader.