Optician/Optical Sales Consultant

Team members are hired to assist the organization in building a differentiated integrated eye care platform focused on superior patient care delivered through our network of optometrists and ophthalmologists. Team members are expected to a behavior of professionalism, which includes but is not limited to, acting with integrity and accountability, support our clinicians in all aspects of patient care delivery, support a culture of respect, diversity and inclusion in our organization, and enhance the patient access to primary and specialty eye care. Our vision is to create an admired healthcare company dedicated to delivering personalized eye care with outstanding patient outcomes.

Specialty Eye Associates/Magruder Eye Institute has been serving the Jupiter area for over 25 years, and is proud to be the leading ophthalmic group in the community. We offer a full spectrum of medical and surgical treatments so that all options are available to our patients. Specialty Eye Associates/Magruder Eye Institute is committed to the delivery of personalized eye care of the highest quality. Not only do we value our patients, but we are also passionate about our staff. Our amazing leadership team is committed to cultivating and maintaining an employee centric work environment where every employee has a voice and a platform to share their ideas and suggestions, are encouraged and incentivized to broaden their education and training and are invited to participate in the numerous employee activities offered monthly.

Specialty Eye Associates is affiliated with Ascend Vision Partners premier network of Ophthalmic Medical Services.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Dispenses, make adjustments, and basic repairs to frames
• Reviews and interpret Optometrist's/MD's prescriptions
• Operates manual lensometer and other tools to achieve proper fittings for patients
• Educates patients on their corrective lens options and help them make a choice that fits their medical needs as well as lifestyle preferences
• Provides honest but compassionate feedback about aesthetic choices in frame
• Achieves sales goals and quotas as determined by leadership while attending to patients' specific needs and desires
• Works with the Regional Optical Manager in maintaining inventory of frames to ensure optimum customer satisfaction and product variety
• Communicates with the appropriate provider with questions or concerns about prescriptions and other eye-related issues

Education & Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent GED, required
• Associates degree, preferred
• Minimum of two (2) years optical sales experience, required
• Optician license in Florida (preferred)
• Bilingual (English/Spanish), preferred

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Caring, helpful and professional demeanor and appearance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Hands-on experience with office equipment (e.g. fax machines and printers)
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to be resourceful and proactive when issues arise
• Excellent organizational skills
• Multitasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF POSITION:

• Talking. This position requires expressing or exchanging ideas through the spoken word. This position must participate in activities to convey detailed or essential verbal instructions to physicians, staff, and vendors accurately and succinctly.
• Hearing. This position is required to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, including the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion. This position requires substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and fingers while working on reports on the computer.
• Sedentary work. This position may need to occasionally exert up to 10 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Walking and standing are required frequently and throughout the day.
• Visual Requirements. This position is required to have close visual acuity (with or without correction) to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and reading.
• Environmental Conditions. This position is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office work.)