Optician **Southwest Health** 1 Positions ID: 75728 Posted On 07/25/2025 **Job Overview** **Requirements** + Must have a high school diploma, equivalent, or higher level of education. + Optical technical school training or equivalent and three years’ experience in the optical field preferred. + ABO Certification preferred. **Work Hours** + We are seeking a full-time, 36 hours/week, Optician to work weekdays 7:30am-5:00pm. **Job Summary** The Optician assists customers with frames and lens selection; takes optical measurements (facial, P.D., seg. ht.); evaluates patient for assistance in lens design; verifies order; properly fits spectacles for patient; and makes fitting adjustments after sale. **Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities** This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time. 1. Promotes the company in a courteous and professional manner at all times, and directs efforts to fulfill all patients’ optical needs, maximizing sales in the process. 2. Orders, labels and ensures that all frames are adjusted, cleaned, and arranged by brand in display racks. 3. Cleans, orders and prices all items (i.e. spec chains, magnifiers, half-eye readers, instant suns and lens cleaner kits). 4. Maintains supply inventories (cases, frame parts, etc.) 5. Files all delivered prescriptions neatly, in alphabetical order. 6. Keeps shop, reception, and optical area neat and clean 7. Rotates displays as needed 8. Performs reception, patient financial services, and optical record duties as appropriate. 9. Conducts patient history in manner and format required by optometrist or supervisor. 10. Assesses and records visual acuity. 11. Neutralizes and records spectacle prescription by the means of a lensometer, manual or automatic. 12. Educates patients on important aspects of eye care by explaining the principles of basic eye care and testing procedures being performed. 13. Ensures that all industrial frames are clean and accounted for. 14. Assists in dispensing contact lenses and frames. 15. Performs frame adjustments and repairs. 16. Monitors service levels from current lens labs and reports any decrease in service to Clinical Manager 17. Responsible for sending all weekly and monthly reports to the regional supervisor on a timely basis including invoice receiving report complete with all invoices, sent on a weekly basis, and daily transaction sheet, sent on a regular basis/ 18. Responsible for efficiently managing his/her on site inventory. 19. Checks items in the optical area, including contacts, for expirations. 20. Maintains equipment in a preventative maintenance program (i.e. proper handling, care, cleaning, changing bulbs, batteries, etc.). 21. Manages patient complaints/problems. 22. Ensures that all company policies and procedures are followed; reports any discrepancy or change in policy to the Clinic Manager. 23. Adheres to Southwest Health’s value-based behavior standards. 24. Understands and adheres to Southwest Health compliance and HIPAA standards as they appear in the Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. 25. Performs other duties and responsibilities as requested or required. **Contact Information** Southwest Health Attn: Human Resources 1400 Eastside Rd Platteville, WI 53818 Phone: (608) 342-0993 Email: hr@southwesthealth.org Fax: (608) 342-5015 We believe that together we can change lives, and we anticipate your life will change in the process. If you aspire to help others find hope and live better, we invite you to submit your application below. **Benefits** Southwest Health is truly an outstanding place to work. A full benefit package is available for employees working 20 hours/week or greater which includes: Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance. Also available are long and short term disability, cell phone discount, flexible spending plan, paid time off, retirement plan with an employer contribution, fitness membership discount as well as use of exercise equipment at the facility. Primary Contact 13894 Miranda Koch HR Generalist, Human Resources 608-342-4796 Phone Phone Phone Fax hr@southwesthealth.org Email True False True **Job Details** Location Platteville, WI Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Benefits Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance Retirement Plan PTO (Paid Time Off) **Qualifications** Education High School/GED Company ID 1250 Job REQ # \# Positions 1 Start Date 20250725 End Date 20260531 Featured Job TH Ad TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Senior Food Technologist Simmons Pet Food Shipper Receiver - Nights Simmons Pet Food Food Service Team Member Dairy Queen Dairy Queen CNC Machine Operators Webber Metal Products ADA Accommodation Coordinator Sedgwick 4-Day Workweek CNC Mill Operator, 2ND & 3RD Sh Dubuque Screw Products Early Childhood Classroom Coordinator Sedona Staffing Services Sales Representative - Georgia Flexsteel Industries, Inc Director of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity A Northeast Iowa Community College Marketing Program Manager Flexsteel Industries, Inc CONSTRUCTION CREW FOREMAN - GREENHOUSE Engineering Services and Products Company Street Maintenance Worker City of Dubuque ADA Accommodation Coordinator Sedgwick Swiss CNC Operator Dubuque Screw Products Receiving/Split Outs/Stocking Warehouse Associate Theisen Home Farm Auto Acute Care RN - Medical Surgical Registered Nurse MercyOne Disability Representative Sr Sedgwick CDL Truck Driver/Operator Welu, Inc. Retail Banker – Full-time Premier Bank Acute Care RN - Medical Surgical Registered Nurse MercyOne **Share this Job** Southwest Health **About the Company** **Southwest Health** is a non-profit healthcare system offering southwest Wisconsin a range of services within our various facilities. Our locations include a hospital and clinic in Platteville, Southwest Health Behavioral Services, a clinic, Eye Center, and rehab services facility in Cuba City, Darlington, and Kieler Wisconsin. We are a model healthcare organization that provides the highest quality at the lowest possible cost to create healthier communities. The Joint Commission has awarded Southwest Health a full accreditation as a Health Care Organization because we strive to provide the best care possible and prove it by meeting the Joint Commissions' standards for high-quality care. Southwest Health has been named a Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey, the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services. These awards and the awards won in the past, speak to the commitment Southwest Health has for safety, patient experience, and creating a healthier southwest Wisconsin. This accreditation marks Southwest Health’s fourth consecutive year of receiving the Guardian Excellence award for inpatient Patient Experience. Southwest Health features four family medicine clinics, four Eye Center locations, Birth Center, a specialty services with cardiology, ENT, and Interventional Pain, a state-of-the-art Orthopedic Institute housing physical, occupational, and speech therapies, and 24-hour emergency services, to name just a few.