Manages the optical shop of the Department of Ophthalmology, to include inventory, sales, ordering glasses, frames and other optical supplies. Designs and adapts lenses and frames in accordance with written prescriptions and the patients' vocational and avocational visual requirements. Recommends lenses for safety and color, coordinating them with the patients' facial and eye measurements. Prepares work order for grinding lenses and fabricating spectacles.
Verifies exactness of finished spectacles.
Adjusts frames and lens positions to fit patients by heating, shaping or bending frames. Instructs patients as to the correct wearing and care of glasses. Orders contact lenses and instructs new contact lens wearers in the insertion, removal and care of the lenses. Maintains patients' optical records as well as inventory and bookkeeping records. Prepares monthly reports as requested.