Health Tech (Optician)
What you'd do
This position is located within VA Eye Care Optical Services at the Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. Incumbents will be required to cover the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center Eye Clinic when deemed necessary . As the Optician the incumbent is responsible for providing optical services and knowledge of opticianry services essential to the direction and operation. The primary reason for this position is to provide eyeglasses for our Veterans.
Major duties
As the Optician your duties include but are not limited to: Independently provides direct patient care services related to patient education, selection, ordering, verification, troubleshooting, adjustment and repair of ophthalmic lenses and eyewear. design, measure lenses and frames Customer services to include frame selection assistance Prepare work orders Maintain, and arrange displays and merchandise bookkeeping Maintain inventory and tracking systems Maintain prescriptions, work orders and payments Patient education ability to use pliars repairing eye glasses Work Schedule: Mon- Fri 0730-1600 (7:30am- 4:00pm) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Tech (Optician)/PD13166A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/30/2026. Individual Occupational Requirements Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above): Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists. Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirements applicants must also mee the specialized experience requirement. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS -05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: working knowledge to design, measure fit frames, preparing work orders, eye glass repairs, record maintenance, bookkeeping, insurance submissions and authorization request, customer service, administrative duties such as inventory records, tracking of orders and other administrative duties as it pertains to this health tech Optician vacancy. Selective Placement Factor: Must have experience in measuring, fitting, and adjusting eyeglasses based on optical prescriptions For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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