Optician

The Optician must be able to work with our diverse base of customers (i.e. pediatric, adolescent, and adult) by delivering quality optical care and outstanding and friendly customer service establishing customer loyalty. The Optician must be able to assist patients with eyeglasses ordering and fittings. The Optician must also possess strong sales skills by demonstrating a high level of knowledge about our products and determining our patient's need for eyewear to recommend specific accessories and enhancements for glasses.

Location: Lawrenceville, GA

• Interpretation of prescriptions written by ophthalmologists and optometrists
• Communicate with physician regarding questions or concerns about prescriptions and other eye-related issues
• Inspect lenses to detect flaws, verify prescription, progressive measurements, lens enhancements and coatings.
• Measure bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers, using measuring devices
• Mount and secure lenses in holding tools or chucks for cutting, polishing, and or grinding
• Assist in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions
• Recommend specific lenses, lens coating, other lens enhancements, and frames to suit patient needs
• Recommend appropriate contact lenses after considering the prescription and the patient's lifestyle needs
• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications
• Create work orders for lab technicians to ensure delivery of the proper lenses
• Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses -
• Heat, shape, or bend plastic or metal frames to adjust eyeglasses to properly fit
• Shape lenses appropriately so that they can be inserted into frames
• Repair broken/damaged frames
• Educate on proper wear, care of eyeglasses, and contact lens
• Inspect lenses to detect flaws, verify prescription, progressive measurements, lens enhancements and coatings.
• Determine clients' current lens prescriptions, when necessary, using lensometers or lens analyzers, and mark up progressives correctly
• Sell and Dispense contact lenses under supervision of physician or LDO
• Place contact lens orders with appropriate vendors
• Instructs patients on proper insertion, removal, and proper care for contact lenses
• Verifies information in the fitting of contacts by using a lensometer, slit lamp, keratometer, and/or radius scope to order specification(s).
• Troubleshoot patient RX issues and act as a liaison between patient and physician
• Maintain Contact Lens Trial Inventory
• Inventory - Properly document, track, and follow-up on patient orders to ensure superb customer service
• Arrange and maintain displays of optical merchandise
• Attend training workshops/meetings as scheduled
• Other duties as assigned