Job description

Optician

We are looking for a full-time highly motivated Optician for our upscale, high-volume private practice. We carry designer brands such as Gucci, Dita, Oliver Peoples, Cartier, Tom Ford, etc. This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge & experience, all employees are cross-trained.

Summary of Responsibilities

Manage and maintain the optical operations, while encouraging the general growth of the practice. Facilitate an excellent experience for the Optical customer by delivering high quality care and individualized service. Assist in customer sales, optical care and education and training.

List of Responsibilities/Duties

• Measure, fit, adapts, adjust, and repair eyewear.
• Evaluate customer's facial structure to determine proper frame and fit.
• Discuss customers' needs, occupations and hobbies to determine the best lenses to suit lifestyles.
• Assemble and mount lenses into frames using the center’s lens edger.
• ability to use the tracer, edger and cut lens mount in the frame
• Repair metal frames to replace or reattach hinges, nose pad arms or temples, re-sink hinges into plastic frames.
• Prepare and deliver work orders to the laboratory for lens grinding and eyewear fabrication, as needed.
• Verify quality and measurements of materials returned from the lab.
• Maintain a neat and orderly appearance to the optical dispensary at all times.
• Place all orders for lab materials and/or other maintenance items, or supervise other personnel in this.
• Maintain inventory of eyewear, accessories, supplies, and low vision optical devices, along with the rationale for the ordering and selling of selected eyewear products.
• Work with representatives of frame manufacturers to determine appropriate frames to purchase for population served.
• Negotiate responsible and favorable prices for lab and frame products and services.
• Reconcile statements from suppliers for purchases made.
• Establish pricing at the retail level for all eyewear products and accessories.
• Assist patients in the selection of eyewear appropriate to their ability to pay.
• Maintain patient information on computer database.

Customer Sales

• Provides direct customer sales.
• Enters all sales data completely and accurately at point of sale.
• Maintains Optical cleanliness and appearance for display of goods and equipment.
• Maintains smooth customer flow during hours of operation.
• Monitors wait times for service and for goods ordered-keeping customers informed on what we are doing to resolve problem.
• Provides best possible eyewear solution that is responsive to each customer needs.
• Measures papillary distance in order to correctly center lenses for individual customer.
• Performs lensometry in order to confirm prescription, duplicate present glasses,
• Verify prisms, and bifocal add-ons.
• Fits, confirms and dispenses eyewear.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

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