Optometric Technician

TOTAL VISION LLC • Lake Elsinore, CA

5d • $17 - $22 • Onsite

About The Position

Total Vision LLC is a group of optometry practices focused on providing world-class eye care to patients and California communities. The company is growing and seeks team members who bring passion, energy, focus, and commitment. The Optometric Technician supports patient care by greeting patients and conducting pretesting, gathering and relaying health and ocular history, and assisting with contact lens training and orders. The role also includes administrative tasks, equipment and supply upkeep, and travel between practices as needed. Saturday availability is required.

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 that increase 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.
• 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.
• Saturday availability.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the ophthalmic, optometric, or medical industry is a plus but is not required.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Warmly greet patients when bringing them back for pretesting before their exams.
• 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 doctors’ lanes.
• Maintain appropriate levels of pretest and doctor supplies.
• Travel between practices as needed.
• Perform other job-related tasks as requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED