- Location
- Sandusky, OH
- Type
- Full-time
- Education
- High School
- Source
- ApplicantPro
Description
We are looking for an Optician to join our team. 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:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8-5
Tuesday, rotating days, starting at 8, alternating closing at 7
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
- Experience working in customer service
- Excellent verbal communication skills
Desired
- 2 years recent retail office experience (Optical Retail preferred)
- ABO/NCLE Certified
- Graduate of Optical Studies Program
- Familiarity with Ophthalmology and Optometry practice
What you will receive
- Competitive wages
- Network of Partnered Practices across 5 states
- Lucrative Monthly Incentive Program
- Little to No nights or weekends!
- 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
About Midwest Vision Partners
Midwest Vision Partners was founded in 2019 to build a premier eye care platform in partnership with Alpine Investors, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. Alpine is a strong supporter of MVP, given their PeopleFirst™ philosophy, unparalleled track record, significant financial resources, and a commitment to building a platform that includes physician leadership at the highest levels.
Headquartered in Chicago, our mission is to provide world-class support to ophthalmologists and optometrists, enabling them to focus on improving patients' vision to help people live their best lives. Today, MVP's network consists of 16 practices, 125 physicians, and roughly 1500 employees providing medical and surgical eyecare services at over 60 locations throughout the Midwest. We strive to be the premier provider of eyecare in the Midwest through a culture of collaboration and excellence.
Skills
Customer Service
