
Optometric Assistant
SALT LAKE CITY, UTFull-time$12.82–17.29/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Optometric Assistant, also called a Clinical Specialist, supports the exam practice and guides patients through the early steps of their visit. The role includes preliminary testing, sharing patient information with the optometrist and sales associates, and supporting exam-lane operations. The posting seeks related customer or patient experience but says it is not necessary, and accepts a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent related job experience.
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About Us: Want to bring the "care" back to the vision care industry? We're looking for charismatic types who are ready to be the heart of our brand. Whether it's a friendly voice over the phone, or a welcoming smile when a patient walks into your store, we need individuals who are passionate about helping customers look great and see great. Pay Type: Full Time Pay Range: $12.82 - $17.29 per hour. The Role: A Visionworks Clinical Specialist (CS)/Optometric Assistant is the very face of our Exam Practice and is dedicated to ensuring the best possible journey for every patient. This person is trained and knowledgeable about eye health and preliminary testing, optics, our products/services and managed vision care. The CS personally takes the patient through the first steps of the Visionworks experience ensuring their eye exam needs are met in a simple, human and bold way. *Maintain complete and accurate patient records before conducing preliminary testing *Introduce patient to OD and provide OD with important patient information *Transition patient from doctor to sales floor and provide associates necessary information to educate and recommend products and services that meet their eye care needs *Execute day-to-day operational activities to support the store's exam lane maintenance and patient experience goals including restocking inventory, cleaning equipment, and answering phones to meet additional patient needs Qualifications: *Related customer or patient experience preferred, but not necessary *HS diploma, GED or equivalent related job experience What we offer! At Visionworks, we offer a generous, competitive benefits package (for our part timers, too!) and exclusive employee discounts -including but not limited to *Vision Coverage *Paid Parental Leave *Bereavement Leave *401 (k) Savings Plan *Paid Time off *Milestone anniversary awards *Medical, Dental for Full Timers *And more! For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFH)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFM), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment. Compensation range for the roles is listed above. Applicable salary rangers may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses, equity, and commissions. VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. Unincorporated LA County Residents: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, and any other similar laws. Visionworks is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or protected veteran status.
How this job compares
Set against the 713 open Clinical Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$12.82–17.29/hr
- US median$38–55/hr39 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $15.06/hr, is 67% below the US median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Clinical Specialist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 12 open Clinical Specialist jobs in Utah and 713 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Clinical Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 4 years (466 postings).
- Education
- 209 of the 713 open Clinical Specialist jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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