What are the responsibilities and job description for the Optician - Birmingham position at Callahan Eye Hospital?
About UAB Callahan Eye:
For over 60 years, UAB Callahan Eye has been dedicated to preserving and restoring the vision of our patients, transforming the future of eye care, and curing the world’s blinding diseases. We have been recognized internationally and nationally for outstanding patient care, treatment of eye trauma, and crucial research in eye disease. UAB Callahan Eye is one of the busiest eye care centers in the nation, annually performing more than 15,000 surgeries and completing more than 120,000 clinic visits. Our nationally ranked comprehensive center provides everything from preventive and routine eye care to 24/7 emergency treatment of eye trauma at the nation’s only freestanding Level 1 Ocular Trauma Center. As a proud part of UAB Medicine, UAB Callahan Eye is committed to delivering innovation at every level of eye care and critical research that will keep all of us seeing clearly into the future.
- Greet customers of UAB Callahan Eyewear.
- Properly ascertain their optical needs,
- Assist the customer in the appropriate selection of frames, lenses, and other accessories and options,
- Appropriately price the prescribed merchandise and assure appropriate collection of payment.
- Maintain a customer friendly attitude at all times, and may be required to work extended hours, if deemed necessary to provide adequate hours of operations.
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Retail Optical experience preferred including base level optical.
