Optical Consultant Opportunity

Cape Coral Eye Center is currently seeking Optical Consultants

Responsibilities:

• Sell contact lenses.
• Sell optical goods such as Plano sunglasses.
• Compute amount of sales and collect payment for services.
• Able to analyses pricing vs. patient’s vision benefits and submits optical claims to vision plans.
• Able to analyses selling behavior to improve collections
• Assist patients in selecting frames according to style and color, coordinating frames and facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. 
• Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with patient’s vocational and avocational visual requirements.
• Determine patient’s current lens prescription, when necessary, using Lensometer or lens analyzer and patient’s eyeglasses.
• Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit patient needs.
• Measure patient’s bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes.
• Prepare work order and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
• Verify finished lenses are ground to specification.
• Heat, shape, and adjust plastic or metal frames to fit patient.
• Instruct patient in adapting to, wearing, and caring for eyeglasses.
• Repair damaged frames.

Education and Experience:

• Sales Experience in retail environment a must
• Associate degree (A.A.) from a two-year college or technical school, or apprenticed under the state apprenticeship program and successfully passed State Board exam preferred but not necessary for the right candidate
• 2 years experience in Microsoft Office products and computer use

Essential Skills and Abilities:

• Personable with ability to sell high quality products
• Problem Solver with analytical skills
• Organized Perfectionist that takes pride in the job they perform
• Time management skills

If you believe you have the experience and qualities of a top performer and would like to apply for this position, please email your resume and cover letter to HR@capecoraleyecenter.com.