National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives
Optical Dispenser
National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives, La Mesa, California, United States, 91942
Job Summary
Under limited supervision, measures pupil distance and bridge width, adjusts eyeglass frames and assists patients in selecting optical items to conform with corresponding optical prescriptions and established procedures.
Responsibilities
Assists patient with optical selections.
Recommends and displays various designs, colors, and shapes of eyeglass frames available and compatible with the patient’s prescription and facial features.
Quotes prices from fee schedules.
Neutralizes spectacles with lensometer and performs measurements with pupilometer, distometer, and other progressive optical measuring devices.
Records frame, lens specifications and other related items such as non‑prescribed dark glasses and cleaning fluids.
Examines glasses received from laboratory to ensure conformity with prescription.
Verifies prescription with lensometer.
Modifies lenses to fit frames and adjusts frames to fit patients’ facial features with hand tools and related equipment as required.
Repairs and adjusts lens frames as requested by patients using standard hand tools and related equipment.
Orders or fabricates lost pairs of eyeglasses using automatic lens edging unit, hand edger, lens layout maker, and lens tinting unit.
Performs other duties as required such as ordering optical supplies, assisting with periodic inventories, and responding to complaints regarding lens and frame fit. Equipment utilized: lens analyzer, lensometer, distometer, pupilometer, hand edger, automatic edger, pattern maker, layout marker, optical hand tools used to adjust metal and plastic frames.
Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
Upholds Kaiser Permanente Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
Locations
Licensed Optician – National City, CA – LensCrafters
Licensed Optician – San Diego, CA – LensCrafters
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Responsibilities
Assists patient with optical selections.
Recommends and displays various designs, colors, and shapes of eyeglass frames available and compatible with the patient’s prescription and facial features.
Quotes prices from fee schedules.
Neutralizes spectacles with lensometer and performs measurements with pupilometer, distometer, and other progressive optical measuring devices.
Records frame, lens specifications and other related items such as non‑prescribed dark glasses and cleaning fluids.
Examines glasses received from laboratory to ensure conformity with prescription.
Verifies prescription with lensometer.
Modifies lenses to fit frames and adjusts frames to fit patients’ facial features with hand tools and related equipment as required.
Repairs and adjusts lens frames as requested by patients using standard hand tools and related equipment.
Orders or fabricates lost pairs of eyeglasses using automatic lens edging unit, hand edger, lens layout maker, and lens tinting unit.
Performs other duties as required such as ordering optical supplies, assisting with periodic inventories, and responding to complaints regarding lens and frame fit. Equipment utilized: lens analyzer, lensometer, distometer, pupilometer, hand edger, automatic edger, pattern maker, layout marker, optical hand tools used to adjust metal and plastic frames.
Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
Upholds Kaiser Permanente Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
Locations
Licensed Optician – National City, CA – LensCrafters
Licensed Optician – San Diego, CA – LensCrafters
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