Optical Technician

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An Optical Technician / Sales Associate will provide a world‑class patient experience that maximizes retail sales while supporting patients' medical needs. This team member is trained to dispense and fit glasses and contacts using prescriptions from optometrists and ophthalmologists, connecting patients’ needs with the goods and services offered.

• Work is primarily performed in a standard office or clinical setting.
• Travel to other locations may be required to carry out essential duties.

• Embrace and execute our Total Patient Experience to build relationships with all patients while delivering great medical support.
• Determine patient wants and needs and sell to exceed their expectations.
• Assist patients in selecting frames according to style and color, coordinating frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
• Operate the auto‑lensometer and manual lensometer.
• Educate and recommend specific lenses, lens coatings and frames to suit patient needs.
• Accurately collect measurements such as bridge, eye size, temple length, seg heights, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and pantoscopic tilt.
• Dispense patient orders and repair and adjust patient frames.
• Dispense all glasses and/or contact lens orders using current processes.

• Previous medical office experience preferred; previous ophthalmic experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year in a customer‑/patient‑orientation role or equivalent education and experience.
• Favorable result on background check as required by state.
• Must provide proof of identity and right to work in the United States.

• High school diploma or GED required.

• ABO and NCLE certifications preferred but not required.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.

• Requires frequent walking (75%), sitting (50%), and standing (50%).
• Regular bending, stooping, and reaching (25–50%).
• Must lift, carry, push, and pull up to 25 lbs.
• Strong fine‑motor skills and full use of hands are essential.
• Visual and auditory acuity, including color, depth, peripheral vision, and focus adjustment, required 100% of the time.
• Occasional driving or climbing may be necessary.

If you need assistance with this application, please contact (636) 227‑2600. Do not contact the office directly; only resumes submitted through this website will be considered.

Eye Care Partners is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Job descriptions are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair pay decisions about jobs. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Seniority level:
Entry level

Employment type:

Full‑time
Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries:
Medical Practices