Licensed Dispensing Optician

Vision To Learn seeks compassionate, mission-driven opticians who want to make a tangible impact on children’s lives. As part of a mobile clinical team, you’ll provide high-quality eye screenings and help deliver glasses to students in underserved communities—removing vision barriers that affect learning and long-term opportunities.

About Vision To Learn

Vision To Learn is the largest school-based vision care nonprofit in the country. VTL exists to address one basic premise – if you can’t see, you can’t learn. Vision To Learn provides eye exams and glasses to students in underserved communities at no cost to the students or their families to help them succeed in school and in life. Founded in Los Angeles in 2012, Vision To Learn has since expanded to schools across the country. We have provided over 3.8 million vision screenings, 800,000 eye exams and 650,000 new, prescription glasses in the last decade.

Responsibilities

Patient Responsibilities

• Oversee assigned mobile eye clinic operation
• Conduct eye exam pre-tests, maintain optimal professional standards
• Take measurements, fit and adjust frames for patients according to written optical prescriptions
• Assist patients with frame selections to ensure optimal fit and patient satisfaction
• Complete and prepare daily reports, and meet deadlines
• Make follow-up calls to patient caregivers for feedback
• Conduct vision screenings using a Welch Allyn Spot Check Vision Screener
• Dispense glasses to large group of student patients
• Study and follow Vision To Learn health and safety protocols

Clinic Responsibilities

• Maintain optimal driver safety standards when driving, parking, and using the vehicle
• Setup the clinic, monitor and replenish inventory, and ensure all patient and administrative paperwork facilitates an efficient workflow each workday
• Load, secure, inspect and fuel vehicle as necessary
• Keep vehicle and internal work areas clean and organized at all times
• Additional responsibilities as needed

Requirements

• Ability to display exceptional interpersonal skills when interacting with children, site contacts, patient families, and in all internal/external work interactions
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have technical skills
• Desire to be cross trained to expand your skillset
• Self-starter who is confident to implement Vision To Learn protocols and embrace a remote setting with limited supervision
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
• Able to lift up to 20 lbs. and to exert well-paced mobility for an 8-hour shift including standing, walking, bending and squatting
• Optician Diploma; Optician License/Certification (COA, COT, NCLE, and ABO) required
• Valid driver's license required, with a good driving record and familiarity with greater Charleston area geography and with phone GPS; driving transcript must be provided
• Successful track record of working with children and diverse types of people
• Must pass company and CMS background checks and drug test
• Experience using Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, Word; ability to quickly learn EHR reporting, and project management systems is a plus
• Spanish skills a plus

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Dental Insurance

Pay

$29-$32/HR

Schedule

Full-time, Monday through Friday with 2-3 Saturdays per year. The Optician will primarily work during school hours.