Optician

The USC Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology is seeking an Optician to join its team.

The position is needed to provide the appropriate staffing to assist the Eye Clinic for Ophthalmology department and USC Roski Eye Institute at USC Village.

Job Summary :

Has responsibility for selecting and fitting contacts and eyeglasses for patients as prescribed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. Obtains eye measurements and determines how a patient’s occupation, lifestyle and facial features affect his or her eyewear needs.

Job Accountabilities include:

• Responsible for using precision equipment to measure various eye features, including corneal thickness and pupil distance.  Measure clients’ bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring device.
• Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.  Provide counsel and suggestions on frame shapes, styles and colors, lenses and special lens coatings, such as anti-glare materials.  Responsible for grinding and tinting lenses, repairing glasses and fitting contacts.
• Ensure eyeglasses are properly fitted per the patient’s prescription, taking into account a person’s facial features, occupation and habits to assist them in choosing the best eyeglass frames, lenses and lens coatings to fit their needs.
• Provide specifications, including prescription, material, style, color and size to ophthalmic laboratory technicians so that they may insert the lenses into the eyeglass frame.  Reshape the frames to fit the patient’s face as necessary.
• Fix and fit existing glasses and provide counsel to patients on the use and care of their glasses
• Fit contact lenses, cosmetic shells and artificial eyes on patient.  Measure the size and shape of eye to select the proper lens size and material.  Instruct customers on how to insert, remove and care for contacts lenses.
• Maintain records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments.
• Perform administrative duties such as tracking inventory and sales, submitting patient insurance information, and performing simple bookkeeping.
• Preparing patients for examination by the doctor. (This includes but is not limited to, collecting visual acuities, auto-refraction, keratometry, confrontational testing along with other similar tests).
• Prepare and submit billing and needed paperwork.

Preferred Qualifications :

Preferred Education: AA or BA/BS in Opticianary

Preferred Experience: 5 years experience

Supervises: Leads employees performing similar work on a project basis; may oversee student, temporary and/or resource workers.

Preferred Field of Expertise:  Degree in Opticianary.  State licensure and/or American Board of Optician (ABO) and National Contact Lens Examiners (NCLE) preferred.

Applicant Attachments (Required): Application/Resume

Applicant Attachments (Optional): Cover Letter

Work Location:  Estelle Doheny Eye Institute (HC4) and USC Village

Percentage of Time:  100%, 40 hours per week

Minimum Education: High school or equivalent, Specialized/technical training
Minimum Experience: 2 years
Minimum Field of Expertise: Minimum 2 years on the job training or apprenticeship.