Front Desk Optometrist’s Tech FT Montgomery, AL #045

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service to all patients.
• Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions as well as policies regarding payment, returns, and exchanges.
• Compute and process payment transactions/refunds using the in-house Point of Sale system.
• Perform other administrative tasks as assigned.
• Process insurance claims efficiently.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of products.
• Create and maintain patient files, following company and HIPAA policies regarding confidentiality.
• Input customer information into the computer system accurately.
• Assess and interpret patient’s needs/wants based upon prescription requirements, facial features, lifestyle, and occupation, and suggest the most appropriate products (i.e., frames, lens type, coatings).
• Sign-in patients. Call and clearly document any insurance eligibility information before any services are provided. Make and maintain patients’ charts per local Doctor specifications. File patient charts daily.
• Perform a thorough “pre-test” as directed by the local Doctor. For example: NCT, auto-refraction, auto-keratometry, color test, brief medical history, visual acuity, load phoropter, etc. Follow the local pathogen control policy as set by the local Doctor.
• Order and receive contact lenses. Call customers daily for pick-up, job status, and any special order or production delays. Deliver contact lenses to patients.
• Assist with inventory control, for example, receiving stock, maintaining the merchandising, monthly inventory, and loss prevention.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience working in retail, customer service, or sales.
• Experience working in the optical industry is preferred but not required. We are willing to train.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Matching 401k
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Fully paid benefits to maintain licensing requirements and opportunities for advancement