Optometric Assistant

As an Optometric Assistant for Swope Health, you will be part of passionate optometry team that provides care for the people who need it the most. The optometric assistant provides excellent customer service to our patients in the Optometry department. You will conduct brief case history on entering patients, perform visual acuity measurements, and neutralization of habitual optical correction. If you have a passion for helping others. This is the role for you

Successful Candidates will have: 

•  High School diploma & GED required. Medical Assistant or Ophthalmic Assistant certification strongly preferred.     
• Outstanding communication skills, telephone etiquette and possess the ability to work with people.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic computations, including decimals

About Swope Health Services:

Each year, Swope Health serves over 45,000 patients, encompassing more than 200,000 visits in four counties on both sides of the state line. Our team members are proud of the work we do and the promise we’ve made – delivering coordinated care that values the needs of the whole person and championing better health in our community.

Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community. As part of our promise to battle health inequities and provide high-quality, comprehensive care, we make care visible. That means we proudly deliver our promise through every action, every day.

Swope Health Services supports its team members with:

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Days Off beginning at 12 days annually, effective the first day of employment
• Eight annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day

Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.