Position Description:

To be successful as an Optician, you should have strong customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Optician Responsibilities:

• Obtaining patient prescriptions from Optometrists and Ophthalmologists.
• Taking customer information and measurements of the ocular area.
• Recommending frames or contact lenses that suit the customer's style, face, and specifications.
• Adjusting and fitting frames according to the prescriptions and customer's specifications, as well as to suit the customer's face.
• Preparing work orders for the Optical Technicians to use to manufacture the lenses.
• Using specialized equipment, such as calipers, lensometers, and lens gauges.
• Keeping inventory on frames and contact lenses to ensure product variety and customer satisfaction.
• Repairing broken frames.
• Educating customers on how to wear and maintain glasses and contact lenses.
• Performing administrative duties, such as managing prescriptions, customer records, and insurance.

• High school diploma or equivalent required
  
• Prior optical experience preferred
  
• Must enjoy assisting patients and demonstrate a positive, professional attitude