Optometric Assistant

Tofield Eyecare is looking for a part time (28-34 hours per week) Optometric Assistant to join our team! We are hoping this person would become lead ophthalmic technician at our office and be a long term valued team member.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about helping people, detail oriented, able to multitask and work in a fast pace environment.

Tofield is located 40 minutes east of Edmonton along highway 14. Tofield serves as a business hub for many of the smaller communities along highway 14. Tofield has all the great amenities you would find in a small town, friendly neighbours, great schools, full service hospital and is a short drive to Edmonton, Camrose and Sherwood Park.

Duties will include assisting the doctor with seeing patients, scheduling patients, checking patient insurance and answering phones.

The main role of this position would take on all duties related to assisting the doctors see patients. This would include using devices to health measure eye shape and eye health, measuring patients glasses, taking complete case history, visual acuity, intraocular pressure as well as lots of other fun tests! This person would also make sure all information is entered into the EMR system accurately.

​​Customer service experience (and eyecare experience) is a huge asset but we will train the right person. This job requires you to both sit and stand throughout the day as you will assist patients when they move between the various rooms during their visit to our office.

Hours are roughly Mondays 11-4, Tuesdays 10-5, Wednesdays 10-7, Thursdays 10-5 and Fridays 9-3. We would also need some help on one saturday a month from 9-1 :).

We have a great team at Tofield Eyecare and we are looking for someone to help make our team better.

If you enjoy helping people and want to be a part of a growing and fun environment where we get to make people happy this job is for you.

Starting hourly wage will be based on experience with bonuses available.

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PLEASE NOTE:

Visit our website for additional details and mandatory additional application : https://www.tofieldeyecare.com/careers

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $17.00-$21.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 – 34 per week

Benefits:

• Vision care
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person