Optometric Technician
About The Position
Total Vision LLC is a group of optometry practices focused on delivering world-class eye-care results to patients and California communities. The company is growing and seeks team members with the passion, energy, focus, and commitment to excel in that environment. The Optometric Technician greets patients and conducts pretesting before examinations, including blood pressure, NCT, color and stereo testing, and autoperimetry. The role also involves collecting and relaying pertinent health and ocular history to the doctor, advocating for overall health evaluation, and providing contact lens insertion and removal training. Administrative work includes answering phones, scheduling appointments according to doctor preferences, and transcribing messages for return calls and faxes. The technician orders contact lenses and maintains equipment, doctor’s lanes, and supplies. This is a part-time, hourly position located at TV Culver City in Los Angeles, California. Saturday availability is required, travel between practices may be needed, and the schedule could include after-hours projects as needed. The position has physical demands including standing and viewing a computer screen for extended periods, reaching, lifting up to 20 pounds, and hand dexterity and eye-hand coordination. The employee works in indoor environmental conditions.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated flexibility in addressing a broad spectrum of patient requirements and preferences.
- Ability to cultivate positive patient rapport and build relationships while increasing patient retention.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment, multitask, set priorities, and meet patient commitments and deadlines.
- Proficiency in using automated equipment and systems standard to the optometry industry.
- Saturday availability is required.
- Ability to stand for long periods, read a computer screen for long periods, reach, and lift up to 20 pounds; hand dexterity and eye-hand coordination are critical.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the ophthalmic, optometric, or medical industry.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Responsibilities
- Warmly greet patients when taking them back for pretesting before their exam.
- Answer telephones, schedule patient appointments according to doctor preferences, and transcribe messages for return calls and faxes.
- Perform pretesting, including blood pressure, NCT, color and stereo testing, and autoperimetry.
- Advocate for overall health evaluation, such as Optomap.
- Collect and relay pertinent health and ocular history to the doctor.
- Conduct contact lens insertion and removal training.
- Order various types of contact lenses.
- Maintain and clean equipment and doctor’s lanes.
- Maintain proper levels of pretest and doctor supplies.
- Travel between practices as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
High school or GED
