Licensed Dispensing Optician

Licensed Optician Full Time Stamford, Connecticut

Compensation: $32-$38/HR

Job Title: Optician

Employment type: Full Time + benefits

Vision To Learn seeks compassionate, mission-driven opticians who want to make a tangible impact on children's lives. As part of a mobile clinical team, you'll provide high-quality eye screenings and help deliver glasses to students in underserved communitiesremoving vision barriers that affect learning and long-term opportunities. If you're motivated by service, inspired by teamwork, and excited to practice opticianry in a meaningful, community-focused setting, Vision To Learn offers a rewarding way to use your skills to change lives.

About Vision To Learn

Vision To Learn is the largest school-based vision care nonprofit in the country. VTL exists to address one basic premise if you can't see, you can't learn. Vision To Learn provides eye exams and glasses to students in underserved communities at no cost to the students or their families to help them succeed in school and in life. Founded in Los Angeles in 2012, Vision To Learn has since expanded to schools across the country. Vision care is critical as 80% of all learning during a child's first 12 years is visual, we work to solve the problem of lack of access by partnering with school districts to provide eye exams and glasses at no charge to families. We have provided over 3.6 million vision screenings, 730,000 eye exams and 600,000 new, prescription glasses in the last decade.

Position Description

Vision To Learn is currently seeking a qualified candidate for a full-time Connecticut Licensed Optician. Work hours are Monday thru Friday with 2-3 Saturdays per year. The Optician will primarily work during school hours. This position will start in August 2026.

Key position responsibilities include

• Oversee assigned inside lane eye exams operation. An inside lane is an interior eye exam operation with portable optometric equipment inside of a school or community building with a licensed optometrist. The inside lane may transition to a mobile clinic operation in the future
• Oversee assigned mobile eye clinic operation
• Conduct eye exam pre-tests, maintain optimal professional standards
• Take measurements, fit and adjust frames for patients according to written optical prescriptions
• Assist patients with frame selections to ensure optimal fit and patient satisfaction
• Complete and prepare daily reports, and meet deadlines
• Make follow-up calls to patient caregivers for feedback
• Conduct vision screenings using a Welch Allyn Spot Check Vision Screener
• Travel, as needed, to our office in Rocky Hill to pick up glasses for dispensing
• Dispense glasses to large group of student patients
• Study and follow Vision To Learn health and safety protocols

Clinic Responsibilities

• Maintain optimal driver safety standards when driving, parking, and using the vehicle
• Setup the clinic, monitor and replenish inventory, and ensure all patient and administrative paperwork facilitates an efficient workflow each workday
• Load, secure, inspect and fuel vehicle as necessary
• Keep vehicle and internal work areas clean and organized at all times

Inside Lane Responsibilities

• Transport inside lane eye exam equipment in personal vehicle to and from schools and community organizations.
• Setup and breakdown the inside lane operation, monitor and replenish inventory, and ensure all patient and administrative paperwork facilitates an efficient workflow each workday.
• Maintain optimal driving when commuting to and from school and community organizations, in particular with inside lane eye exam equipment.
• Keep the inside lane operation work areas clean and organized at all times.
• Operate mobile clinic as needed.

Additional responsibilities as needed

Who You Are

• Ability to display exceptional interpersonal skills when interacting with children, site contacts, patient families, and in all internal/external work interactions
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have technical skills
• Desire to be cross trained to expand your skillset
• Self-starter who is confident to implement Vision To Learn protocols and embrace a remote setting with limited supervision
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
• Able to lift up to 30 lbs. and to exert well-paced mobility for an 8-hour shift including standing, walking, bending and squatting

Qualifications

• Optician Diploma; Connecticut Optician Certification (COA, COT, NCLE, and ABO) required
• Valid driver's license required, with a good driving record and familiarity with greater Stamford area geography and with phone GPS; driving transcript must be provided
• Successful track record of working with children and diverse types of people
• Must pass company and CMS background checks and drug test
• Experience using Microsoft Office Outlook, Excel, Word; ability to quickly learn EHR reporting, and project management systems is a plus
• Spanish skills a plus

Successful candidates will have a proven track record for patient care, with positive, proactive attitudes who are dedicated to our mission. Vision To Learn is a rapidly growing organization and team players are critical to our collective success.

Vision To Learn is committed to a diverse staff and to a culture that holds equity as a value and a priority. VTL welcomes applicants who bring a variety of perspectives, experiences, and competencies. People of color, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ persons are strongly encouraged to apply. VTL is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, creed, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, party or political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any illegal or prohibited factor.

As a direct healthcare provider and to protect the health and well-being of our employees, VTL has implemented best practices for ensuring a clean and safe work environment. Employees will be asked to pass a Department of Justice background check/fingerprinting (LiveScan), child abuse history clearance, TB, and drug test.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k)

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Account

Dental Insurance