Optician at Soteria Eye Clinic

Responsibilities

• Provide expert service to customers regarding their optical needs.
• Measure, fit, adapt, adjust and repair eyewear. Repair frames by replacing hinges, nose pads or temples.
• Interpreting the results of eye examinations, using prescriptions written by Optometrists.
• Manufacture lenses in on-site finishing lab (when possible) to measurements taken.
• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specific.
• Grind lens edges, or apply coatings to lenses.
• Take appropriate markings on the patient’s frame and fixing with axis orientation.
• Prepare and deliver work orders to the laboratory for lens grinding and eyewear fabrication, as needed.
• Verify quality and measurements of materials returned from the lab.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of current trends in eyewear and ophthalmic lens technology.
• Order and verify contact lens orders.
• Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centres of eyes, using measuring devices.
• Interpreting the results of eye examinations, using prescriptions written by Optometrists
• Adjusting frames so they fit properly
• Preparing orders for glasses and contact lenses by checking prescriptions, lens thickness and other specifications
• Making sure that orders for glasses and contact lenses have been processed accurately.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The Person

• 1-3 years’ cognate work experience.
• The person must possess a certification in opticianry.
• Valid license to operate as an optician.
• Excellent customer service and sales ability skills.
• Knowledge of visual defects/anomalies and lens types
• Experience using optical instrumentation
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Mathematics skills for calculating vision angles and distances.
• Precision and excellent attention to detail.