Optician

Job Description

Job Description

Lavenburg Medical Group wants to help you see better and protect the health of your eyes for the future. Whether you live in Newark, DE or Elkton, MD the team at Lavenburg Medical Group is proud to provide vison and eye care from diagnostics to treatment. 

As the Optician, you will be the architect of optical excellence, utilizing your mastery of optics, fashion sense, and patient-centric approach to craft personalized eyewear solutions. Your exceptional skills will not only enhance vision, but will also inspire confidence and style in our patients.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Optical Mastery: Utilize your profound understanding of optics to accurately assess prescriptions, customize lens materials, and expertly fit eyewear, ensuring optimal visual acuity and comfort for each individual.
• Fashion Forward: Combine your passion for eyewear trends and styling with your deep technical knowledge to guide customers in selecting frames that reflect their personality and enhance their unique style.
• Personalized Consultations: Build meaningful relationships with patients through attentive consultations, actively listening to their needs, and recommending tailored solutions that align with their lifestyle and preferences.
• Technology Integration: Stay at the forefront of technological advancements in the optical industry, exploring cutting-edge lens technologies and frame materials to deliver innovative solutions to our customers.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate seamlessly with our team of eye care professionals, sharing your knowledge and insights to ensure a holistic approach to eye health and wellness for our customers.
• Patient Education: Empower patients with knowledge about their eyewear options, lens coatings, and maintenance techniques, ensuring they make informed decisions for long-term eye care.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Optician with a minimum of six months of experience, showcasing a track record of delivering exceptional customer service and optical solutions.
• Must possess the physical, mental, and cognitive skills needed to complete essential tasks, including abilities such as learning, remembering, focusing, categorizing, and integrating information for comprehension, problem-solving, and timely decision-making.
• Aesthetic sensibility and an eye for fashion trends, enabling you to provide style-forward guidance to customers.
• Proficient in using optical equipment and software systems to measure, fit, and adjust eyewear.
• If you are ready to embark on an exciting journey of optical innovation, where your expertise and passion will shape the way people see and experience the world, apply now to join our team as an Optician at Lavenburg Medical Group. Together, let's make vision a vibrant reality.
• Ability and willingness to travel to other office locations as needed for business needs.

TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

• Sitting, Standing, Bending, Reaching, Stooping, Walking and Lifting.
• Ability to see, hear, and speak with sufficient capability to perform assigned tasks.
• Ability to use keyboard.
• Ability to use electronic medical record and scheduling software.

Working Conditions:

• Travel to other locations is necessary.
• Occupational Exposure - Category Ill exposure to blood-borne pathogens and may encounter chemical hazards.

We are committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity. All patients, employees, applicants, and other constituents of our clinical groups will be treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, marital/domestic partner status, parental status, sexual orientation, and gender identity and/or expression, other dimensions of diversity or common human decency. We value diversity in thought and culture and welcome highly skilled, capable, competent, collegial members to our team.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.