Optometric Technician

Job Description

Job Description

VISION TO LEARN – Optometric Technician – Durham, NC

Location: Durham, NC

Compensation: $25/HR-$30/HR

Position Title: Optometric Technician

Employment type: Part-Time - 30hrs/week

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 communities—removing vision barriers that affect learning and long-term opportunities. If you’re motivated by service and inspired by teamwork to work in a meaningful, community-focused setting, Vision To Learn offers a rewarding way to use your skills to change lives.

For more information about career opportunities and to see the impact of our work, please visit our website  

Qualified applicants please apply through this direct link or through our website: 

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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. 

Since 2012, Vision To Learn has provided over 3.6 million vision screenings, 730,000 eye exams and 600,000 new, prescription glasses. 

Who We Are

We are friendly, high-energy, knowledgeable, and quality-oriented professionals committed to Vision To Learn’s mission. We approach our work with a value system of service excellence, empathy, integrity, open communication, empowerment, and an eagerness to help the communities we serve. 

We are looking for an Optometric Technician like you to join our team with a positive, pro-active attitude and commitment to our mission.

Position Description

Vision To Learn is seeking a qualified candidate for a part-time North Carolina Optometric Technician position. Work hours are Monday through Friday, with 2-3 Saturdays per year. The Optometric Technician will primarily work during school hours.

Key position responsibilities include

Patient Responsibilities

• Oversee assigned mobile and/or inside lane eye clinic operation
• Maintain optimal professional standards.
• Pre-test children before seeing the optometrist

• Pretesting includes (but is not limited to) chief complaint, patient and family medical history, familiarity with auto-refractor, auto-lensometer, pupillometer, and fundus photography

• Assist patients with frame selections to ensure optimal fit and patient satisfaction
• Conduct vision screenings using a Welch Allyn Spot Check Vision Screener
• Complete and prepare daily reports at the end of the day
• Make follow-up calls to patients/caregivers
• Study and follow Vision To Learn health and safety protocols
• HIPAA compliance

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 the vehicle and internal work areas clean and organized at all times

Additional responsibilities as needed

Who You Are

• Self-motivated individual who is confident in implementing Vision To Learn protocols and embracing a remote setting with limited supervision
• 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 possess technical skills
• Desire to be cross-trained to expand your skill set
• Possess excellent time management and organizational skills, with the ability to multi-task
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
• Able to lift up to 20 lbs. and to exert well-paced mobility for an 8-hour shift, including standing, walking, bending, and squatting

Qualifications

• Optometric experience required
• Valid driver's license required, with a good driving record and familiarity with greater Raleigh/Durham (Research Triangle) area geography and with phone GPS; a driving transcript must be provided

• Successful track record of working with children and diverse types of people
• Must pass company and district background checks and drug test
• Well versed with computers
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word)
  • Previous experience with EHR preferred, but willing to train
  • Ability to quickly learn EHR reporting and project management systems
• Bilingual English/Spanish written/verbal communication skills a plus

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

Qualified applicants please apply through this direct link or through our website:

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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 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 background check, TB and drug tests.