What are the responsibilities and job description for the Optician position at Michigan Eye Institute?
We are looking for an Optician to join our team. We have locations in Fenton, Flint, Grand Blanc, Lake Orion, Lapeer, and Rochester, MI. As an Optician you will sell, fit and dispense eyewear to patients. Our Opticians help customers look and see their best working with the latest Eyewear Fashion Trends!
Schedule:
- The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 hours per day, with a one-hour lunch break and an occasional rotating Saturday.
- M, T, W 8-5
- TH 9-6
- F 8-4
- Sat 9-3
What you will be doing
- Remain current with eyewear trends.
- Evaluate customer’s prescriptions and visual requirements.
- Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
- Measure clients bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
- Selling goods such as contact lenses, spectacles, sunglasses, and other goods related to eyes in general.
- Assist customers in selecting frames according to style and color and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
- Heat and shape plastic or metal frames to adjust eyeglasses to fit clients
- Show customers how to insert, remove, and care for their contact lenses.
- Determine customer’s current lens prescriptions, when necessary, using lensometer or lens analyzers and customer’s eyeglasses.
- Order and purchase frames and lenses.
What you know
Required
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle
- 2 years recent retail office experience (Optical Retail preferred).
Desired
- ABO/NCLE Certified
- Graduate of Optical Studies Program
- Familiarity with Ophthalmology and Optometry practice.
What you will receive
- Competitive wages
- Lucrative Monthly Incentive Program
- Robust benefit package including medical, dental, life and disability (short- and long-term) insurance
- Generous paid time off (PTO) program
- Seven (7) company paid holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- An organization focused on People, Passion, Purpose and Progress
- Inspirational culture
Michigan Eye Institute provides patients a high-quality, individualized eye care service. By working with hospitals, teaching institutions, and primary care physicians, we can offer our patients an extensive range of ophthalmology services in which the examination, treatment, and optical services are all under one roof. As our practice has grown, our tradition of eye care excellence has remained our top priority and we are committed to putting our patients at the forefront of everything we do and work around their needs. If you are a hard-working individual interested in learning more about eye care from the best in the industry, then Michigan Eye Institute is the place for you. Apply and join our growing team today!
Job Type: Full-time
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
- Parental leave
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: In person