Vision Therapist Assistant

The Center for Vision Development•Austin, TX

About The Position

The Center for Vision Development is seeking a part-time Vision Therapist Assistant to support vision therapists and doctors in a close-knit, collaborative practice. The role involves working one-on-one with patients of all ages and assisting with visual processing evaluations and vision therapy sessions. The ideal candidate is organized, reliable, proactive, eager to learn, and enjoys connecting with people. The team provides support and collaboration, and values professionalism, patient-centered care, growth, teamwork, and meaningful patient relationships. The practice has served Austin since 2004 and is led by developmental optometrists specializing in vision therapy. It serves patients of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. The position offers an ideal schedule on Mondays and Wednesdays, with shifts between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., a one-hour lunch break, flexibility in shift times, and the option to take additional hours. Starting pay is $15–$19 per hour, depending on experience and relevant background, with production-based monthly and yearly incentives and individual and team bonuses.

Requirements

Be organized and reliable.
Take initiative, be proactive, and be a quick learner.
Enjoy working with and connecting with people of all ages.
Have excellent communication and patient-connection skills; customer service experience is beneficial.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with children.
Early childhood education experience.
Teaching or tutoring experience.
Physical therapy or physical therapist assistant experience.
Occupational therapy or occupational therapist assistant experience.
Speech therapy experience.
Optometry or pre-optometry experience.
Optician experience.
Relevant clinical or patient experience.

Responsibilities

Work one-on-one with patients of all ages, assisting vision therapists with administering, grading, and entering scores from visual processing evaluations and vision therapy sessions.
Collaborate with optometrists and other vision therapists to maintain a high standard of care.
Administer, score, and enter results from visual processing evaluations.
Assist vision therapists and the administrative team with scheduling make-up vision therapy sessions.
Communicate with team members when make-up sessions need to be actioned.
Keep therapy rooms and the clinic clean, organized, and professional.
File testing in the appropriate patient charts.
Prepare patient charts.
Maintain inventory of vision therapy supplies and handle deliveries.
Create new patient binders.
Restock frequently used handouts in the clinic and vision therapy room.