What are the responsibilities and job description for the Optical Technician position at Sight360?
Job Type
Part-time
Description
Use your Ophthalmic or Optical Technician skills on SATURDAY!
We’re looking for an experienced Optical Technician to join our team in Zephyrhills - SATURDAYS ONLY.
We offer competitive pay with an opportunity to earn a bonus!
At Opti-mart, a Sight360 company, we believe sight is our most important sense. It is a priceless gift that goes far beyond how you see the world. Sight is how we move through life, enjoy its wonders and form the memories that define us. That is why we are dedicated to care for our patient’s sight every day.
We’ve assembled the most capable and credentialed multidisciplinary teams across every specialty of vision health – ophthalmology, optometry and optical retail services – to deliver a complete, 360-degree approach to vision care. One seamless patient experience. While we do share a single medical record that allows us to collaborate and coordinate care across all locations and providers, more importantly, we share a common belief and set of principles that guide us as we care for our patients.
That’s the Sight360 difference!
Candidates may be subject to an in-person skills assessment
Requirements
Compensation commensurate with experience.
The Optical Technician is responsible for collecting and recording ocular and systemic patient histories, visual acuities, BP, IOP, Auto refractions, Manifest Refractions, performing external examinations, and dry-eye testing, as well as disease specific extra testing.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
$17 - $24/hr bonus/ commensurate with experience
Part-time
Description
Use your Ophthalmic or Optical Technician skills on SATURDAY!
We’re looking for an experienced Optical Technician to join our team in Zephyrhills - SATURDAYS ONLY.
We offer competitive pay with an opportunity to earn a bonus!
At Opti-mart, a Sight360 company, we believe sight is our most important sense. It is a priceless gift that goes far beyond how you see the world. Sight is how we move through life, enjoy its wonders and form the memories that define us. That is why we are dedicated to care for our patient’s sight every day.
We’ve assembled the most capable and credentialed multidisciplinary teams across every specialty of vision health – ophthalmology, optometry and optical retail services – to deliver a complete, 360-degree approach to vision care. One seamless patient experience. While we do share a single medical record that allows us to collaborate and coordinate care across all locations and providers, more importantly, we share a common belief and set of principles that guide us as we care for our patients.
That’s the Sight360 difference!
Candidates may be subject to an in-person skills assessment
Requirements
Compensation commensurate with experience.
The Optical Technician is responsible for collecting and recording ocular and systemic patient histories, visual acuities, BP, IOP, Auto refractions, Manifest Refractions, performing external examinations, and dry-eye testing, as well as disease specific extra testing.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
- Collecting and recording patient medical history
- Instructing patients on post-operative care, medication use, contact lens care and exam expectations.
- Performing visual acuity testing, auto and Manifest Refractions (measurements for the glasses prescription), tonometry (measuring eye pressure)
- Measuring pupil size and reactivity
- Performing confrontational visual field testing, pachymetry (Corneal thickness measurement)
- Performing dry eye testing
- Participating in light cleaning of the facility
- Maintaining a sanitized environment
- Performing corneal topography, retinal nerve fiber layer measurements, retinal thickness and topography, fluorescein angiography, B-scan ultrasonography
- Assisting with contact lens fitting and instructing patients on insertion and removal of contacts.
- Preparing for and assisting with in-office procedures including consenting patients
- Facilitating Digital Optometric appointments (training provided)
- Saturday hours are generally 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Travel between locations may be required to support training and/or business needs. Employees are reimbursed the standard IRS mileage rate for travel.
- Minimum of one year assisting in an Optical practice or as an Optometrist Assistant
- Ophthalmic experience a plus
- Superior interpersonal and communications skills.
- Ability to effectively multi-task
- Attentive to detail and accuracy.
$17 - $24/hr bonus/ commensurate with experience
Salary : $17 - $24