Optician (Vision institute)

University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Optician to support the Optical Shop located at the Vision Institute. This role will work Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm (no weekends, no holidays).

The ideal candidate for this role will have keen attention to details, problem-solving abilities, and organizational skills.

What Can You Bring to UPMC?

• Contribute to UPMC’s mission of Life Changing Medicine
• Set the standards for the level and quality of care for the care delivery team
• Provide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the community and to your health care profession

What Can UPMC Do for You?

• A career path that provides you with the right experience to be successful in the position you want to obtain now and, in the future
• Health and welfare benefits like medical, vision, dental, and life and disability, and an exceptional retirement program
• Work life balance to help manage other important aspects of your life such as: PTO, wellness programs, paid parental leave
• Competitive pay for the work that you do – base pay, merit, and premium pay

Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of the different brands of lenses and lens materials currently available as well as willingness to keep current with new lens technologies is needed.
• Measure customer's eyes, including pupillary and vertex distance as well as making all required measurements for bifocals, trifocals or progressive addition lenses.
• Frame adjustments using a variety of specialized instruments.
• After glasses are made, the optician must verify that the lenses have been ground to specifications.
• Use a lensometer to verify prescriptions and edge lenses.
• Instruct patients in adapting to, wearing of, and caring for eyewear. Process necessary paperwork for vision specific carriers as well as accepting payments for materials as needed. Maintain patient optical records. Answer phone inquiries.
• Prepare work orders for the ophthalmic lab so that the lenses can be processed including work orders include information on lens prescriptions, lens sizes and types, material, frame information, papillary distance and vertex distance.
• Follow rules and regulations regarding dispensing laws and office policies and procedures.
• Edge and finish lenses according to specifications provided by the prescribing doctor.
• Recommend eyeglass frames, lenses, lens coatings, and ancillary products after considering the prescription and customer's needs and facial features.