About the role
Description
- Responsibilities/Duties: Customer Service - Creates a pleasant experience for every patient to include: smiling, welcoming body language, and attentiveness.
- Problem Solving - Listens and discerns each patient’s concern or request. Present yourself as one working to solve the problem. Taking ownership and making sure it gets done.
- Sales - Presents services and products through educating, presenting, and interacting with all patients.
- Examines written prescriptions to determine the specifications of lenses.
- Recommends and advises on selection of eyeglass frames and lenses including selection of color, shape, and size after considering the prescription and the customer’s occupation, habits, and facial features.
- Instruct patients about adapting to, wearing, and caring for glasses.
- Measures patient’s eye, fit of frame and lens.
- Verifies Insurance information and authorization available for patients.
- Ability to read and understand insurance benefits and explain to patients.
- Receives collection of payment from patient for eyewear.
- Follow procedures for processing glasses and contact lens orders.
- Performs adjustments and repairs on glasses.
- Dispense eyewear using proper final fitting techniques and presentation.
- Maintains frame boards and displays. Makes sure all holes are filled. All frames have a tag. Cleans frames and displays
- Creates optical reports needed from the practice management system.
- **Will be required to be flexible in regards to prepared schedule and working weekends
Requirements
- Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) (Required)
- Experience: 1-3 years of experience in an optical office. (Preferred)