Optician (Career) Position Summary:
Optometry at The Shops is a private Optometry practice is located in Mission Viejo, CA, in South Orange County We’re growing and always keeping our EYES open for the perfect friendly and professional candidate to join our winning team and fill an Optician & Sales Associate role. This is a full-time or part-time position. Communication, professional presentation and multi-tasking skills are critical in this role. We focus on providing each patient with truly extraordinary customer service.
Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Welcoming & friendly attitude: ability to make the patient feel welcomed and engage in conversation to determine their unique needs & preferences
- Strong communication skills are critical for engaging with customers, patients, prospective patients, vendors, staff and doctors, both in person and on the phone
- Assist the patient in frame selection, lens material, type and coatings
- Dependable, reliable, honest, personable, fashionable
- Ability to professionally adjust and dispense glasses efficiently, while ensuring complete customer satisfaction
- Experience with glasses repair required
- Patient’s insurance: experience with checking eligibility and billing patients
- Must have experience with insurance billing, including but not limited to Eyemed & VSP
- Versatility: Ability to assist with a variety of tasks related to both optical & office
- Must have strong multi-tasking skills
- Self-motivated and takes initiative to “do your job”
- Great team and positive attitude
- Must be able to work most Saturdays & some Sundays
- Must be dependable and have reliable transportation
- Leadership skills preferred
- Tech savvy (Ability to learn quickly how to use apps, software & EMR)
- Additional languages a plus
- Licensed or ABO Certified preferred
Salary/Wage: Depending on experience
Experience: Mandatory 1+ years experience, 2+ years experience highly preferred
About The Optometry Practice: This Optometry practice was one of the first Optometry practices in the city of Mission Viejo, CA. We are an Optometry practice with several associate Optometrists. Many of our patients and their family members have been entrusting Optometry at the Shops to their eye care needs for more than 35 years. We are rapidly growing and looking for a talented Optician to join our team.
Job Type: Full-time or Part-time