Optician - Full-Time/Part-time - Private Practice - Bellevue, WA
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About the Practice
The Eyecare Center is looking for a fashion-forward optician who adores helping people and wants to be part of a great team. We are a well-established, friendly, fun-to-be-with group of five doctors and 22 staff members. We are proud of our office, truly enjoy working together, and we have a reputation for fantastic customer service. If you are an Optician who demonstrates dependability, commitment, fantastic customer service skills, a strong work ethic, and a caring demeanor, apply today!
What You’ll Do:
As an optician in our practice, your regular duties will include:
- Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for clients according to written optical prescription or specification.
- Assist patient with selecting frames including measuring patient for the size of eyeglasses and coordination of frames with facial and eye measurement, and optical prescription.
- Educate patients on proper eyeglass and contact lens care
- Prepare work order/routing slip for optical laboratory.
- Verify the exactness of finished lens spectacles.
- Adjust frames and lens position to fit patients, including shaping or reshaping frames.
- Perform administrative duties such as tracking inventory and sales, submitting patient insurance information, and performing simple bookkeeping.
What You’ll Need:
- At least one year’s experience working as an optician is necessary
- Must have the behavioral sensitivity, maturity, diplomacy, and tact to address complex situations and develop rapport with patients of all backgrounds
- Must have a basic familiarity with federal and state laws and requirements relating to health care management (i.e. HIPAA, OSHA, Prescription regulations)
- An LDO license is preferred, but not required
- Effective team player with very good interpersonal relationship skills and can work and relate well with co-workers, patients, and customers.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
- Strong ethics and a high level of personal and professional integrity
- Excellent computer skills with Windows and industry-specific software.
- Ability to relay important information verbally and through the EHR system
- Good listening skills to convey patient questions and concerns to the doctors
- Detailed oriented work ethic for accurate performance in all aspects of the job
- Punctuality to keep patients and doctors on schedule.
- Our environment promotes long-term employment, so loyalty is key!
Why You’ll Love this Opportunity
- Compensation- We are looking for individuals that are interested in working full or part-time. Our office is open Monday through Friday--we are closed on weekends. Likewise, we reward our incredible team by offering a teamwork environment and a competitive compensation package. Full-time employees receive benefits, including but not limited to:
- Medical
- Vision
- Paid major holidays
- Bonus programs
- personal time off
- a Simple IRA with company matching
- Location - Located just 10 miles east of Seattle, across Lake Washington Bellevue is a wonderful and vibrant town with top schools, a booming downtown area, and small-town, woody suburbs. With nearly 100 parks, Bellevue is known as "a city in a park,”-- paired with a vast network of trails, this is the perfect city for outdoor activities such as golf, hiking, and skating!
If you are serious about making a change for the better and looking for a long-term career, apply today here through Eyes On Eyecare®!
