Optician - Experience Required!

Sabates Eye Centers•Kansas City, MO

19h•Onsite

About The Position

An Optician will achieve a world-class Total Patient Experience that maximizes retail sales while also supporting the patients’ medical needs. This team member is trained to dispense and fit glasses and contacts, working from the prescriptions written by Optometrists and Ophthalmologists. They connect the patient's needs to the goods and services we offer. This role involves determining patients' wants and needs and selling to exceed their expectations, assisting patients in selecting frames according to style and color, coordinating frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions. The Optician will operate the auto-lensometer and manual lensometer, educate and recommend specific lenses, lens coatings and frames to suit patient needs, and accurately collect measurements such as bridge, eye size, temple length, seg heights, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and pantoscopic tilt. They will dispense patient orders and repair and adjust patient frames, dispense all glasses and/or contact lens orders in E360, and ensure all job aids and policies are followed. Maintaining frame standards with cleaning and organization of fully stocked and well-presented areas, and following all protocols to keep frame inventory accurate are also key responsibilities. General office duties and cleaning will be assigned by the manager, and assistance with other duties in the office may be needed.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
Optician experience is required!
Favorable result on Background Check
Basic computer skills
Strong customer service skills
Excitement to learn and grow
Communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
Ability to read, analyze and interpret insurance forms
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
HIPAA: All Associates must comply with the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as it pertains to disclosures of protected health information (PHI) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and HIPPA Privacy Policies and Procedures
Favorable result on background check as required by state
Must be able to provide proof of identity and right to work in the United States
High school diploma or GED required
Optician experience is required
Minimum of 1 year in a position interacting with customers/patients or the equivalent combination of education and experience
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

Nice To Haves

Current ABO/ABOC and NCLE certifications (or obtained with first 2 years of employment) preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

Promote frames and lenses recommended by the doctor to meet patient needs
Adjust and repair glasses
Facilitate patient flow
Verify medical and vision insurances
Effectively communicate with patients, doctors, and managers
Answer inquiries through phone, email, and in person requests
Embrace and execute our Total Patient Experience to build relationships with all patients while delivering great medical support
Determine patients' wants and needs and sell to exceed their expectations
Assist patients in selecting frames according to style and color, coordinating frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions
Operate the auto-lensometer and manual lensometer
Educate and recommend specific lenses, lens coatings and frames to suit patient needs
Accurately collect measurements such as bridge, eye size, temple length, seg heights, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and pantoscopic tilt
Dispense patient orders and repair and adjust patient frames
Dispense all glasses and/or contact lens orders in E360
Ensure all job aids and policies are followed
Maintain frame standards with cleaning and organization of fully stocked and well-presented areas
Follow all protocols to keep frame inventory accurate
General office duties and cleaning to be assigned by manager
Assist with other duties in the office as needed