Job Information
SSM Health Optician (F) in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
It's more than a career, it's a calling
WI-SSM Health Davis Duehr Dean Eye Care Sauk Prairie
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
Join the SSM Health Team and Fulfill Your Calling!
Our Culture
At SSM Health, we bring together and cultivate exceptional people. When our employees thrive, so does our healing Mission.
SSM Health is committed to creating a partnership with employees. We ask our employees to actively engage and participate in decisions that impact on their work. We celebrate together and recognize those people who help us deliver an exceptional experience.
Our Opportunities
SSM Health offers competitive compensation and benefits package including:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
Income based medical insurance premium discounts
HSA/FSA options
Short and Long-Term Disability
Generous PTO
403b/401k retirement plans
Daily Pay! Access your paycheck when you want it
Premium pay, in addition to the base pay, is provided per working hours for this float position. Mileage is also eligible for reimbursement
Eligible for up to a $5,000 sign on bonus!
Position Specific Information
Schedule: 32 hours per week, day shift. No holidays or nights! Includes a Saturday morning rotation to the SSM Health Davis Duehr Dean Clinic in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Location: SSM Health Davis Duehr Dean Eye Care Clinic, 1110 Prairie St, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578.
Ideal candidate: Seeking candidates with great communication skills and flexibility to travel locally when needed, a team player, and ready to join a collaborative team of health professionals with on the job training to ultimately help patients see their best. Experience as an Optician is required.
Job Summary:
Fills patient prescriptions for glasses and at some locations contact lenses.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Interprets and analyzes current prescription and reviews historical information to ensure changes are consistent and reasonable. Recognizes inconsistencies and irregularities in prescription history. Contacts doctor for discussion if there are questions.
Troubleshoots basic and advanced vision complaints related to eyeglasses and at some locations contact lenses.
Assists patients with selection of eye wear, determines proper frame and lens selections while also considering prescription implications.
Effectively demonstrates features and benefits to reinforce value to the customer while maximizing sales.
Takes necessary optical measurements (e.g. pupillary distance (PD), seg heights, custom fit to wear lens measurements) with a high degree of accuracy. Explains the procedures and reasons for them to customer.
Accurately and comfortably fits eye wear to customer’s satisfaction. Demonstrates proper eyeglass cleaning and storage techniques and suggests products to assist them.
Inspects all jobs that come in with a lensometer (manual or automatic) for prescription verification using department and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards as guidelines for quality control. Requests corrections as necessary from lab.
Responsible for managing on site inventory within directed budgets, including frames, miscellaneous supplies and over the counter accessory items.
Assists in dispensing contact lenses at some locations.
Maintains a working knowledge of available insurance and safety plans.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- High school diploma or equivalent
EXPERIENCE
- One year optical field or customer service experience
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Constant standing and walking.
Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Occasional lifting/moving patients.
Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
Occasional driving.
Licenses / Certifications:
American Board of Opticianry Certification (ABOC) - The American Board of Opticianry and National Contact Lens Examiners (ABO-NCLE), FUTURE - American Board of Opticianry Certification (ABOC) within 18 months - The American Board of Opticianry and National Contact Lens Examiners (ABO-NCLE)
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
Employee
Department:
7950460164 Sauk Prairie DDD Optical
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
32
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