Optician
SSM Health
**It's more than a career, it's a calling.**
WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Madison North High Point
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Summary:**
Fills patient prescriptions for glasses and at some locations contact lenses.
**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Assists patients with selection of eyewear, determines proper frame and lens selections while also considering prescription implications.
+ Effectively demonstrates features and benefits to reinforce value to the customer while maximizing sales.
+ Takes necessary optical measurements (e.g. pupillary distance (PD) and seg heights) using appropriate optical tools and consults with an Optician as needed.
+ Accurately and comfortably fits eye wear to customer’s satisfaction. Demonstrates proper eyeglass cleaning and storage techniques and suggests products to assist them.
+ Inspects all jobs that come in with a lensometer (manual or automatic) for prescription verification using department and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards as guidelines for quality control. Requests corrections as necessary from lab.
+ Maintains a working knowledge of available insurance and safety plans.
+ Enters retail contact lens orders at some locations.
+ Take pride in the appearance of store and show initiative to keep displays and inventory clean, attractive and organized.
+ Actively participates and contributes to a positive store environment, fostering strong professional relationships with peers, management, doctors and support staff.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
EXPERIENCE
+ Prior customer service experience
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
+ Constant standing and walking.
+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
+ Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
+ Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.
+ Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
+ Occasional driving.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
+ None
**Work Shift:**
Day Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
7956000032 West Opt
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
40
**Benefits:**
SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.
+ **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
+ **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
+ **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
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