Optometric Technician

What you'll love about us:

• Rest and Relaxation: Paid Time Off Accruals, Sick Leave Accruals, Paid Holidays, and NO On-Call, Weekends, or Overtime Hours.
• Financial Benefits: Competitive Wages, Production Bonus', 401K Matching, Employee Discounts, Uniform Allowances, and BYOD Monthly Incentives.
• Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Wellness Programs for All Employees Working 32 Hours per Week.
• Development Opportunities: We Support Our Employees and They Help Us Grow! Leadership, Clinical, and Technical Opportunities for Growth and Development.
• Driven & Culture Centered Workplace: We Recognize That Our Employees Are Our Most Valuable Asset! We Take the Time to Build Culture, Strengthen Team Relationships, and HAVE FUN; All While Servicing Our Incredible Patients!

River Valley Eye Professionals is currently seeking an individual for a full-time (32 Hours) Optometric Technician on our wonderful clinical team. Experience working in an eye care, optometric or ophthalmic, or healthcare setting is highly preferred!

Tentative Schedule: Full time - 32 to 36 hours per week (benefit eligible). Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday and Friday scheduling flexibility is mandatory, with ability to have closing responsibilities one night per week (Est. time of leave is 5:30 pm when closing).

This position is best suited to someone who is personable, reliable, and detail oriented. An ability to multi-task, work with people of all ages, and work well with a team is also essential.

River Valley Eye Professionals is Northfield's most trusted source for comprehensive family eye care. We believe maintaining the health of our patient's eyes and maximizing their clarity of vision are a crucial part of one's overall health and well-being.

The role of the Optometric Technician is to provide technical support to optometrist(s) and ophthalmologists. This includes patient work-up, pretesting, tonometry, post-operative, and other professional services to patients as prescribed by the doctor. As the functional liaison between patient and doctor, the Technician is responsible for communicating all patient questions and concerns to the patient’s doctor. Accurate procurement of patient history, diagnostic data, and follow-up is required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Making patients feel welcome to the clinic
• Demonstrates expert ability in communicating with patients the purpose of the exam and all pertinent testing.
• Working up patients for the Optometrist: Acquiring history, visual acuity, gross visual fields by confrontation, ocular motility, pupil assessment, and intraocular pressure
• Operation and maintenance of all pretesting equipment including but not limited to:
• Lensometer
• Auto-refractor / keratometer
• iCare tonometer
• Retinal camera
• Automated visual field perimeter
• Corneal topographer
• Optical Coherence Tomographer (OCT)
• Visual acuity tests
• Blood pressure cuff
• Pupilometer
• Optomap ultra-wide field imaging
• A-scan ultrasound biometer
• Corneal pachymeter
• Slit lamp biomicroscope
• Goldmann applanation tomometry
• Stocking and maintenance of all exam rooms
• Write up of spectacle and contact lens prescriptions per the provider’s specifications, as well as assisting with generation of medication prescriptions
• Assisting providers with minor medical procedures
• Manifest refractions

Competencies:

Communication Skills
The Technician must be able to effectively communicate the purpose of all testing with our patients in a manner that the patient understands. Conveying technical and medical terminology in layman terms is essential.

Technical Abilities
The Technician must be able to accurately measure and record all patient information and results of testing. Strict attention to detail relative to all testing and results is imperative.

Pace of the Environment
Must be able to work at a fast pace. An ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and patients at one time, while maintaining focus on the individual patient experience is necessary.

Consistency of Work
The Technician position requires consistent repetition of several technical tasks. An exhibited comfort with performance and accuracy of detail-oriented tasks and testing of this nature is required.

Team Player
As the patient liaison to the Optometrist, the Technician must exhibit the ability to work well within a team environment, supporting all systems of the practice and delivering an excellent patient experience.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma, or equivalent
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office and general computer knowledge
• Minimum two years of previous work experience

Physical Requirements:

• This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, printers, scanners, and filing cabinets.
• This position requires continual movement about the clinic to accompany patients and accomplish other necessary tasks.
• This position requires communicating with others effectively to exchange information.
• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

River Valley Eye Professionals is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 32 – 36 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Medical terminology: 1 year (Preferred)
• Customer service: 2 years (Required)
• Technician: 1 year (Preferred)
• Computer skills: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $25