Optometry Aide - Reception and Treatment Center
About The Position
The work we do matters! Hiring Agency: Correctional Services - Agency 46 Location: Lincoln, NE Hiring Rate: $17.084 Job Posting: JR2026-00024456 Optometry Aide - Reception and Treatment Center (Open) Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed): 04-09-2026 Job Description: 13 paid holidays Vacation and sick leave (24 days your first year, accruing immediately) Military leave 156% state-matched retirement Tuition reimbursement Employee assistance program 79% employer paid health insurance plans Dental and vision insurance plans Employer-paid $20,000 life insurance policy Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) eligible through the Federal government Wide variety and availability of career advancement Meaningful public service -- service with a purpose! Numerous training and development opportunities Hiring rate is $17.084/hour PLUS $3/hour facility differential for hours worked. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) employs nearly 2,300 team members operating nine institutions, which house approximately 5,800 inmates statewide. Information about the Department can be found at: www.corrections.nebraska.gov. For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at [email protected].
Requirements
- High school education or equivalent and experience or training in office support functions.
- Successful completion of background check.
- Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams in this order: medical exam, and at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test.
- Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid NE Corrections Training Program.
Responsibilities
- Conducts eye exams on all inmates entering the assigned institution and annual exams on all inmates having a documented need.
- Schedules on-site appointments for inmates with an optometrist.
- Coordinates between facility and optometry diagnostic service vendors to attain timely and technically adequate service.
- Initiates inmate files and fills out forms, labels and reports.
- Dispenses eyewear and other eye related products.
- Fits, orders, adjusts and repairs eyeglass frames.
- Maintains equipment and tool control inventories.
- Performs routine and preventative maintenance on equipment.
- Reviews all Inmate Interview Requests and responds within 48 hours.
- Schedules emergency travel orders for contract ophthalmologist and community hospitals.
- Assists NDCS medical records department with records requests and filing.
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays
- Vacation and sick leave (24 days your first year, accruing immediately)
- Military leave
- 156% state-matched retirement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- 79% employer paid health insurance plans
- Dental and vision insurance plans
- Employer-paid $20,000 life insurance policy
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) eligible through the Federal government
- Wide variety and availability of career advancement
- Meaningful public service -- service with a purpose!
- Numerous training and development opportunities
- comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
