Optical Dispenser
Kaiser Permanente
Industry: Health Care
Category: Healthcare Non Clinical
Job Type: Full Time/Permanent
Salary: N/A
Education: High school or equivalent
Experience: 0-1 Years
Location: Seattle, United States
Posted Date: 03-23-2022
Job Description: Description
Provide technical and patient care
support to the Optometry and Ophthalmology Department and Doctors through
participation as a member of the Eye Care Service Line team. Sell, fit,
dispense, measure, adjust and fabricate eyeglasses, contact lenses and other
optical devices in accordance with written prescriptions.
Essential Responsibilities:
· Collect and Analyze
Data: Analyze and interpret prescriptions, collect and interpret data, and
maintain customer/ patient records.
· Fit and Dispense
spectacles, lenses, and other ophthalmic devices: Identify customer/ patient
visual requirements, need and wants, recommend and demonstrate eyewear and
ophthalmic products, take measurements, order products, dispense eyewear, and
provide follow-up services. Fit and dispensing contacts lenses: Obtain
customer/patient history, identify visual requirements, need and wants, Discuss
and explain options and recommend lens types, take measurements, determine lens
type and parameters, insert trail lenses, evaluate findings of trail lenses,
order products, educate customer/patient on all aspects of lens wear and care,
provide follow-up assessment and services.
· Fabricate ophthalmic
products: Perform mathematical calculations, obtain materials, process
materials, and verify finish products.
· Operate and Maintain
ophthalmic equipment.
· Perform
administrative duties: Maintain inventories, perform third party claims
processing and filing, maintain MSDS files, perform bookkeeping duties, and provide
customer service.
Job Requirement:Qualifications - External Basic Qualifications: Experience · N/A Education · High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required. License, Certification, Registration · Washington State Dispensing Optician License is required by date of hire/transfer.
