Licensed Dispensing Optician

Vision to Learn•Rocky Hill, CT

12h•$32 - $38

About The Position

Vision To Learn seeks compassionate, mission-driven opticians who want to make a tangible impact on children’s lives. As part of a mobile clinical team, you’ll provide high-quality eye screenings and help deliver glasses to students in underserved communities—removing vision barriers that affect learning and long-term opportunities. If you’re motivated by service, inspired by teamwork, and excited to practice opticianry in a meaningful, community-focused setting, Vision To Learn offers a rewarding way to use your skills to change lives. Vision To Learn is the largest school-based vision care nonprofit in the country. VTL exists to address one basic premise – if you can’t see, you can’t learn. Vision To Learn provides eye exams and glasses to students in underserved communities at no cost to the students or their families to help them succeed in school and in life. Founded in Los Angeles in 2012, Vision To Learn has since expanded to schools across the country. Vision care is critical as 80% of all learning during a child’s first 12 years is visual, we work to solve the problem of lack of access by partnering with school districts to provide eye exams and glasses at no charge to families. We have provided over 3.6 million vision screenings, 730,000 eye exams and 600,000 new, prescription glasses in the last decade. Vision To Learn is currently seeking a qualified candidate for a full-time Connecticut Licensed Optician. Work hours are Monday thru Friday with 2-3 Saturdays per year. The Optician will primarily work during school hours.

Requirements

Optician Diploma; Connecticut Optician Certification (COA, COT, NCLE, and ABO) required
Valid driver's license required, with a good driving record and familiarity with greater Stamford area geography and with phone GPS; driving transcript must be provided
Successful track record of working with children and diverse types of people
Must pass company and CMS background checks and drug test
Experience using Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, Word; ability to quickly learn EHR reporting, and project management systems is a plus
Ability to display exceptional interpersonal skills when interacting with children, site contacts, patient families, and in all internal/external work interactions
Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have technical skills
Desire to be cross trained to expand your skillset
Self-starter who is confident to implement Vision To Learn protocols and embrace a remote setting with limited supervision
Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
Able to lift up to 30 lbs. and to exert well-paced mobility for an 8-hour shift including standing, walking, bending and squatting

Nice To Haves

Spanish skills a plus

Responsibilities

Oversee assigned inside lane eye exams operation. An inside lane is an interior eye exam operation with portable optometric equipment inside of a school or community building with a licensed optometrist. The inside lane may transition to a mobile clinic operation in the future
Oversee assigned mobile eye clinic operation
Conduct eye exam pre-tests, maintain optimal professional standards
Take measurements, fit and adjust frames for patients according to written optical prescriptions
Assist patients with frame selections to ensure optimal fit and patient satisfaction
Complete and prepare daily reports, and meet deadlines
Make follow-up calls to patient caregivers for feedback
Conduct vision screenings using a Welch Allyn Spot Check Vision Screener
Travel, as needed, to our office in Rocky Hill to pick up glasses for dispensing
Dispense glasses to large group of student patients
Study and follow Vision To Learn health and safety protocols
Maintain optimal driver safety standards when driving, parking, and using the vehicle
Setup the clinic, monitor and replenish inventory, and ensure all patient and administrative paperwork facilitates an efficient workflow each workday
Load, secure, inspect and fuel vehicle as necessary
Keep vehicle and internal work areas clean and organized at all times
Transport inside lane eye exam equipment in personal vehicle to and from schools and community organizations.
Setup and breakdown the inside lane operation, monitor and replenish inventory, and ensure all patient and administrative paperwork facilitates an efficient workflow each workday.
Maintain optimal driving when commuting to and from school and community organizations, in particular with inside lane eye exam equipment.
Keep the inside lane operation work areas clean and organized at all times.
Operate mobile clinic as needed.