Optometric Assistant (Paid Training)

We are excited to announce an opening for an Optometrist Assistant at Professional VisionCare! We are inviting all who may be interested in joining our thriving optometry practice to apply! What is an Optometric Assistant? At our practice we provide vision care, from eye exams to treatment of eye disease to prescribing eyewear, and more! The Optometric Assistant is the team member who performs special vision testing for our patients, inputs data into our patient’s chart during their exams/visits, and assists the doctor in providing care for our patients. It is a fast paced, high volume, and extremely detailed position, so if that sounds like your cup of tea, keep reading!

Responsibilities for the Optometric Assistant Include:

· Assist and care for patients by serving as their initial entry for examination

· Elicit chief complaints, history of present illness, complete medical history and medications

· Documentation of medical information into electronic health records

· Performing pre-diagnostic testing on patients

· Assisting the doctor during every patient appointment

· Completing necessary follow up documentation, such as diabetic reports, consults, etc

Finding the right person to join our team is very important to us, so here's what we are looking for. The right candidate will:

· Want to join us in changing lives through innovative vision care

· Be intelligent, detail oriented, and possess a strong work ethic

· Have an amazing attendance record, and is reliable and dependable

· Have outstanding customer service that is friendly, caring and thoughtful to even the most challenging patients :)

· Be able and willing to learn new things and work independently, without constant supervision

· Develop a great rapport with our patients, doctors and staff

· Have exceptional communication skills

· Thrive on positivity and encouragement

· Be looking for a long term career—if you aren’t interested in committing to this career for several years, please do not apply.

· Is available to work 5 full shifts each week, including Saturdays (every Sunday and one weekday off each week)

A little more about Professional VisionCare:

· Professional VisionCare is a successful, growing practice. We opened our doors over 30 years ago, and now have four locations, 12 nationally known optometrists, over fifty staff members, and thousands of incredible patients!

· Our Optometric Assistants enjoy PAID training, competitive pay, PLUS monthly bonus opportunities for perfect attendance! All of our staff enjoy a great benefits package, including medical/dental insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, retirement options-and more!

· We appreciate our staff-we really do! Staff appreciation is shown in many ways-big and small, because you deserve some recognition for the hard work you do. For example, we have an employee “hub” rewards program where you receive points for being awesome that you can redeem towards gifts, tickets to fun experiences, extra vacation time, and even cash!

· We want our employees to have the opportunity to grow! We offer employee development plans, licenses and certifications pertinent to your position, and love to promote internally.

· We care about helping others. Obviously, providing great vision care is our top priority, and we’ll get to that. But we also care about helping others outside of our practice walls, and enjoy giving back to our community. We have served at soup kitchens, made cards for veterans, donated toys to underprivileged children, just to name a few!

· Most importantly, we change lives, one person at a time. This is more than a mission statement to us-our doctors, managers, and staff truly live it. Day after day, we hear stories from patients and staff who are excited and impacted by the care that we provide-and its amazing to be apart of! We are “not your ordinary eye doctor,” and make it easy to go above and beyond to make a difference in others’ lives. Check out our reviews online-we go the extra mile!

Check out our websites www.professionalvisioncareinc.com and www.visioncenter4kids to learn more about our practice-it’s a great place to be!

Work Shift Information

All team members will have every Sunday and one weekday off per week. If hired, you must be available to work every Saturday.

It’s important to note that start/end times may slightly shift depending on which office location you work at. Shift end times are always listed, but there is the potential that you may stay a little past your shift end time if the job tasks for the day are not completed.

Potential Shifts for Optometric Assistants:

• Monday through Thursday:
• Shift Start Time Ranges: 7:45am-8am
• Shift End Time Ranges: 5:00pm
• Friday and Saturday:
• Shift Start Time Ranges: 7:45am-8am
• Shift End Time Ranges: 1:30pm

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35 – 39 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Do you have any concerns with working on the computer for long periods of time or making/receiving phone calls?
• Are you willing and able to work at all 4 of our office locations as needed (Westerville, Johnstown, Lewis Center)?

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15