Private Berkeley Optometry practice seeking a friendly, enthusiastic, and organized individual to join our healthcare team. Must be dependable and have great communication and people skills to provide excellent customer service.

We have an opening for a part-time employee.  This position includes Saturdays from 9-5pm.
Great opportunity to learn about optometry.
Please reply with cover letter and resume to Dr.Chen:
rchenod@yahoo.com

Modern, organized, efficient private optometry practice in San Jose is looking for a great candidate to join our family.  Position offers long-term career growth.

Part time or full time

Compensation: $13.50-18+ DOE, paid time off, benefits for full time, bonuses, complimentary eyewear

This role entails:

– Perform pre-testing optometric equipment – will be trained.
– Patient schedule managing
– Insurance verification: getting insurance authorizations, explain insurance to patients, and track insurance payments
– Patient data entry: maintain a current record of all visiting patients through our Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. Ensure that patient files are up to date and that all patient records are store within our EHR
– Sales/Price quoting: understand the product and service offerings of the office and product price quotes for the patients. He/she will also act as a cashier to receive payments
– Provide general office administration: many other duties that will arise to maintain a clean and professional office.

A successful candidate will be a self-starter who is:
Friendly
Fast Learner
Organized
Math Skills
Multitask
Computer literate
Logical
Interest in the medical/ optical field

Plus:
Optical/ optometry experience
Speaks multiple languages
Familiar with EHR
Technology Savvy

This position will allow office professionals to receive on the job training and offer room for growth for individuals with long-term interest. This small private practice is passionate about patient care. If you share our passion please email PPham.OD@gmail.com your cover letter and resume with subject line: “Optometric Technician” and we will respond accordingly promptly.

Volunteer needed at a private practice in Berkeley.

We are looking for an individual who loves working with children and adults and wants to make a difference in people’s lives. We have had individuals in the past who are interested in ultimately going into optometry. Our last pre-optometry intern will be entering UC Berkeley School of Optometry in the fall.  Experience as a tutor or working with children in some capacity is helpful for this position. Therapists often have a background as a teacher or tutor.

A Vision Therapist assists the doctor and lead therapist in helping individuals learn how to use their visual system more effectively: for learning, visual processing delays as well as overcoming amblyopia (lazy eye) and eye-alignment problems. Adults also come into Vision Therapy to recover from traumatic brain injury (TBI), eliminate headaches and to improve visual efficiency. Go to www.covd.org for more information about the work that we do.

Job responsibilities will include (but may not be limited to) telephone & email correspondence, scheduling appointments of vision therapy patients, preparation and closing out of vision therapy files and maintaining the appearance of the vision therapy clinic.  The candidate would work under the guidance of the lead vision therapist and the doctor.

This position requires availability Tuesday–Friday 1:00-5:00 weekdays in the afternoon as well as 8:30-1:00 on Saturdays.  The position may expand hours as the patient load dictates.

Helpful experience:

• Teaching, tutoring or therapy
• Good phone communication skills
• Good computer skills

Vision Care Clinic of Santa Clara Valley | 2730 Union Avenue San Jose, CA

Send a resume to rice@visiondiva.com

Thank you for your interest in our vision study! We are studying spatial and stereo (3D) vision on the UC Berkeley campus (School of Optometry, PI: Dr. Roger Li). To determine whether you qualify for our study, please complete the following questionnaire. We appreciate your time spent completing this form.

Should you qualify for our study, you will be compensated for your time at a rate of $15/hour (4-5 sessions per week). Each session will take approximately one hour, and the study will last 2-4 months. Our lab is very flexible and will do our best to accommodate your schedule as needed.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at bettyli@berkeley.edu if you have any other questions or concerns regarding our study!

Welcome and thank you for showing your interest in our eye study! We are studying visual learning on the UC Berkeley campus (School of Optometry, PI: Dr. Roger Li). To determine whether or not you qualify for our study, please complete the following questionnaire. We appreciate your time spent completing this form.

Should you qualify for our study, you will be compensated for your time (~$750 for the entire experiment for a total of ~30 hrs).

Please note that participants MUST be available daily (including weekends) during the time in the study. You will also be taking a very mild form of medication before each session. Each session will take approximately one hour.

The schedule is as follows:

14-16 days (a little more than two weeks) in our lab

14 days break

14-16 days in our lab

The entire experiment takes a bit longer than a month. We will be emailing you about the next steps after you fill out the form.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at bettyli@berkeley.edu if you have any other questions or concerns regarding our study.

We are a busy ophthalmology practice located in Pacific Heights San Francisco.  We are seeking a full-time ophthalmic assistant with full benefits.  Office hours are Monday – Friday 8AM to 5 PM.  Preference will be given to candidates with ophthalmology/optometry experience, but we are willing to train the right candidate.  This role would require assisting with working up 20 – 25 patients per day.  The appropriate candidate will be a quick learner, professional and have excellent demeanor with patients.

Duties include but are not limited to: checking vision, obtaining chief complaint and medical history, corneal topography, autorefractor, diagnostic imaging, data entry, assistance with minor surgery, restocking exam rooms, autoclaving surgical equipment.  This is an excellent learning opportunity for a pre-optometry or pre-medical student seeking a gap 1-2 years before applying to graduate school.  There is a possibility to assist with research projects for the right candidate.  We are also willing to consider a part-time position for the appropriate candidate.

Please e-mail your resume a cover letter and the best time/number to reach you for a phone interview to yaung@goodmaneyecenter.com

We are a busy ophthalmology practice located in Pacific Heights San Francisco.  We are seeking a full-time medical office receptionist with full benefits.  Office hours are Monday – Friday 8AM to 5 PM.  Preference will be given to candidates with ophthalmology/optometry experience, but we are willing to train the right candidate.  This role would require communicating with patients in person and over the phone.  This includes triage of eye problems, scheduling appointments, scheduling eye surgeries and assistance with back-office testing including Humphrey Visual field, corneal topography, and imaging of the retina.  The appropriate candidate will be a quick learner, professional and have excellent demeanor with patients.

 This is an excellent learning opportunity for a pre-optometry or pre-medical student seeking a gap 1-2 years before applying to graduate school.  There is a possibility to assist with research projects for the right candidate.  We are also willing to consider a part-time position for the appropriate candidate.  Many of our former employees have gone on to medical or optometry school and have gained invaluable experience both in ophthalmic testing as well as patient communication.  The direct physician and optometrist supervisors have taught at all levels of optometry and medical school.

Please e-mail your resume to yaung@goodmaneyecenter.com

Opportunity in a private optometry office

Seeking a friendly, energetic, organized, and detailed oriented person with excellent communication skills for an optometric practice in our San Leandro, Castro Valley, or Fremont offices. Some tasks would include greeting patients, scheduling appointments, answering a multi-line phone, provide information, processing patient forms, entering patient data, verifying insurance eligibility, processing insurance claims, selecting frames for patients, ordering contact lenses/glasses for patients and other office functions.

Experience is helpful but we will train the right person. Long-term commitment preferred. The individual must be:

Positive and outgoing personality

Dependable and punctual

Enjoys working with the public

Honest/Trustworthy

Efficient and Productive with multitasking

Professional demeanor

Good computer skills, 55 WPM minimum

Excellent phone skills

Non-smoking

Many of our doctors graduated from UC Berkeley and SCCO.  We have a very good record of our interns getting into optometry school.  We have been fortunate to have such great interns in the past that we on many occasions hire them as doctors in the future.

Job Type: Part-time

If interest please email resume to drkimhaw@eyecare4u.com

• Managing all front-office tasks including the phone, appointment calendars, insurance plans, and eyewear
• Assisting the doctor with patient background information and files
• Pre-testing patients
• Conducting contact lens tests and training
• Dispensing and managing eyewear orders
• Selling eyewear to incoming patients

• B.S. or A.A. degree required (Pre-Med or Pre-Optometry are a plus); current student approaching graduation (1 or 2 semesters remaining) may intern/volunteer during the summer
• Sales experience is preferred
• Optometric and admin experience preferred
• Personable, friendly and mature attitude to work with patients and customers
• Excellent communication skills
• Detail-oriented and trustworthy
• Ability to work quickly in a dynamic medical office environment

20/20 Optometry of Silicon Valley is looking for a full-time Optometric Assistant at our San Jose office. We believe in providing superior customer service to our patients and are looking for somebody with strong people skills, a positive attitude, and an eagerness to learn. Pre-Optometry students are preferred for this position. We are willing to train the right person.
Position Description
Daily tasks include but are not limited to:
Perform preliminary testing
Assist doctors with exam needs
Aid patient flow and patient schedule
Cross train and be able to help in any area to improve patient flow
Accurately document patient’s medical history and testing results
Prepare and clean exam rooms for doctor
Receive and verify contact lens orders for patients
Instruct new contact lens wearers on how to insert/remove contact lenses
Order and track the status of contact lens orders
Verify and perform quality control on frames/lenses

Position Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED required
Pre-Optometry Students Preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Exceptional customer service skills
Proven track record of building strong relationships with teams
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Pay: Depending on Experience
Hours: Must be able to work on Saturdays from 10:00-2:00
Please e-mail your resume and letter of interest explaining why you would like this job opportunity to: resume@2020eyesonline.com

Dr. Joanne Yee and her associates are a progressive group of doctors who fit glasses and contact lenses, as well as co-manage patients’ eye surgeries and diseases in a private practice setting. This is a great office, with harmonious, helpful staff and doctors, located one block from Embarcadero BART/MUNI
station.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:
Using automated equipment to:
o Take digital images of the front and back of the eye
o Determine preliminary refraction and corneal curvature
o Take corneal topography
o Take eye and blood pressure
o Evaluate peripheral visual fields
Carrying out the administrative side of running a practice:
o Procuring insurance authorizations
o Greeting and interacting with patients
o Scheduling and confirming appointments
o Taking and recording payments
o Restocking lenses and supplies
o Assisting doctors

HOURS: 8 to 16 hours per week (office hours are 9 am – 6 pm Monday thru Friday)
SALARY: $14/hr
QUALIFICATIONS:
We need you to be reliable, a self-starter, and earnest in your attitude to help others: both patients and fellow staff members. If you enjoy helping people and experiencing their immediate positive feedback, then this job will be a good fit for you. We are more than willing to help train the right person in the necessary skills.
JOB APPLICATION
If you are interested in this job, please email a cover letter, along with your resume, to
coolidoc@sbcglobal.net
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!

We are looking for a Part Time Optometric Assistant for our private optometry practice in Pleasanton, which is BART accessible. We offer a great opportunity to work in a professional office environment with direct patient interaction, comprehensive training and employee discounts.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Fitting/styling patients with eyeglasses, Edging lenses, Pre-testing patients, Administrative functions (i.e. billing, filing, cleaning, scheduling appointments, and managing inventory). Must be available to work on Saturdays.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

Outstanding customer service and communications skills. Enjoys talking and working with people. Willingness to learn and excel. Prior retail or sales experience is a plus. Prior healthcare experience or a desire to learn about optometry is a plus. Prior experience as an optometric assistant or an optician is a plus, but not a requirement.

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply, we are willing to train a candidate with the right personality. If you have these qualifications, you will be a good fit to join our family, please email us your resume, cover letter, and references. Your cover letter should indicate (1) your desire to work as an Optometric Assistant, (2) your career goals over the next five years, and (3) your salary requirements. Applications without a cover letter may not be considered.

Please submit your cover letter and resume in the body of your email in plain text to

hiring@optician.com
Applications due by June 30, 2018.

The Clinical Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry, is looking for 1-2 summer research assistants to help with an ongoing research project.  You will be trained on how to interpret and process images of the oil glands in the eyelids using an NIH software, called ImageJ (or Fiji).  Successful candidates are comfortable learning and using software unfamiliar to them, have excellent attention to detail, not afraid to ask questions, and are available 10-20 hours/week.  Schedule is flexible but must be in-office between 9:00am-5:00pm.  Preferred start date of approximately May 21, 2018 through July 20, 2018 (at the earliest) with possible option to continue through the school year (dates negotiable).  If interested, please send resume/CV to thaoyeh@berkeley.edu.

We are a private Marin County general ophthalmology practice looking for a motivated energetic comprehensive optometrist.

Cataracts

Glaucoma

Strabismus

Refraction/contacts

Knowledge of HVF, pachymetry,

OCT, fundus photography, FA, IOL master, Corneal topography

Exceptional customer service skills

· Proven track record of building strong relationships with teams

· Ability to work in a fast paced environment

Pay: Depending on Experience

Send resumes to:

Tsg2020@comcast.net

Are you planning on taking a gap year (or two) before applying to optometry school? I have two full time paid positions available immediately. No experience is necessary as we will teach you how to do preliminary testing, retinal imaging, visual fields and contact lens insertion and removal training and more. You will have hands on experience with patients and learn about private practice optometry. If you are interested, please send a cover letter and your resume to dralexander@torranceoptometry.com.

Lafayette Optometric Group is hiring and we would love for you to join our team! We are a busy optometry office in Lafayette, close to BART. We are seeking a part-time optometric assistant/technician.The schedule is flexible and understanding of student obligations like mid-terms and finals. We require a dependable, friendly, punctual, patient oriented individual who is computer savvy and can multitask. Candidates who are proactive, have great customer service, and can take initiative are strongly preferred. As there are multiple doctors in the office, we are looking for someone who is able to adapt and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment. We are also looking for someone who is a team player as you work with multiple staff members everyday.

Responsibilities include:

– Greeting and checking in/out patients

– Pre-testing patients along with performing ancillary testing including Optos, OCT, and Humphrey visual fields

– Answering phone calls

– Scheduling appointments

– Contact lens insertion and removal training

– Glasses dispense and adjustments

– Assisting the doctor in the exam rooms and in clinic with various tasks

– Other responsibilities will be assigned if the candidate proves up to the task, as well as the option of pursuing your own projects

The office is located in Lafayette and is easily accessible by Bart. It is a 20-25 minute ride from downtown Berkeley and 10 minutes from Rockridge. From there, it is about a 10 minute walk to the office.

This is a great opportunity to receive hands-on training and gain a first-hand look at the optometric field. The job is ideal for pre-optometry students (especially those in their gap year) looking to learn as much about the profession as possible while working with doctors who graduated from UCBSO. Experience in the optometric field is not necessary, but we do value self-motivation and a willingness to learn in any candidate. We are open to training the right person. We strongly prefer candidates who can commit at least 1-2 years to working with our patients as the training period can be long. If you are interested in joining our team, please email your cover letter and resume to log958jobs@gmail.com. If you have any questions before applying, please email jenniferzhao1@berkeley.edu. We look forward to meeting you!

Help Wanted

Receptionist/Optician

Times: Tuesdays and Sundays

Full or Part Time

Sunset Focus Optometry
Dr. Sharon Lee – (628)256-2177
sunsetfocusoptometry@gmail.com

We are looking for a volunteer to help with administrative tasks in the
Myopia Control Clinic, a specialty clinic within the UC Berkeley School of
Optometry. This position would entail:
• Maintaining orthokeratology trial lenses (inspecting & filing returned lenses, order replacements as needed)
• Facilitating returns/exchanges of lenses for patients
• Stocking printed copies of clinic documents
• Addressing and mailing birthday/reminder postcards to clinic patients
• Occasional phone calls/emails to patients
Interested?
We anticipate a time commitment of 4 hours per week (can be on one day or divided into two sessions). We are looking for our volunteer to have the following qualities:
• Must be a current UC Berkeley student
• Organized and reliable
• Independent worker
If this sounds like a good fit for you, please contact Dr. Sarah Kochik at skochik@berkeley.edu to schedule an interview. We look forward to meeting you!

We are a busy ophthalmology practice located in Pacific Heights San Francisco.  We are seeking a full time medical office receptionist with full benefits.  Office hours are Monday – Friday 8AM to 5 PM.  Preference will be given to candidates with ophthalmology/optometry experience, but we are willing to train the right candidate.  This role would require communicating with patients in person and over the phone.  This includes triage of eye problems, scheduling appointments, scheduling eye surgeries and assistance with back office testing including Humphrey Visual field, corneal topography, and imaging of the retina.  The appropriate candidate will be a quick learner, professional and have excellent demeanor with patients.

 This is an excellent learning opportunity for a pre-optometry or pre-medical student seeking a gap 1-2 years before applying to graduate school.  There is a possibility to assist with research projects for the right candidate.  We are also willing to consider a part time position for the appropriate candidate.  Many of our former employees have gone on to medical or optometry school and have gained invaluable experience both in ophthalmic testing as well as patient communication.  The direct physician and optometrist supervisors have taught at all levels of optometry and medical school.

Please e-mail your resume to yaung@goodmaneyecenter.com

The Department of Neurology seeks a highly motivated, dynamic individual with a Bachelor’s degree (B.S. preferred) for the position of Junior Specialist. This individual will contribute to the development and implementation of clinical trials under the direct supervision of Dr. Ari Green and Dr. Jonah Chan, faculty members in the Department of Neurology. Interested applicants must have outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills, an active interest in cutting-edge patient care and the capacity to communicate effectively regarding scientific concepts to both patients and clinicians. Job requirements will include lab based and administrative functions related to the specified project, including independently conducting visual exams with tonometry, perimetry, visual acuity, and OCT. Familiarity with clinical and/or laboratory research including regulatory approvals are preferred. Phlebotomy training, experience with clinical imaging, clinical electrophysiology, word processing, web design and computer based skills are a plus. Minimum two-year commitment is required.  Apply here:https://aprecruit.ucsf.edu/apply/JPF01190

Want to gain optometric experience while making a difference in people’s lives?  Now seeking an optometric assistant to join a brand new vision clinic at Youth Heart Health Center, a School Based Health Center (SBHC) serving students in the community ages 3-21. Our services are based on tenets of youth empowerment and social justice. You will be working with a UC Berkeley Optometry alum, using brand new equipment, and have a high degree of autonomy. Previous experience preferred but not required; willing to train the right candidate.

Required

• Bilingual English/Spanish

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Ability to perform job tasks with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to deal courteously and pleasantly with patients.
• Ability to multi-task and must have good time management skills.

Preferred

• Prior experience in an optometry or medical office
• Courses in ocular anatomy and/or ophthalmic optics

Position: Full-Time

 Salary:  $16.29 – 17.13 USD

 Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/yaenrxgl