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Job Details

Optometric Assistant

Employer

Wink Optometry

Date Posted

November 26, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $18.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 30 to 45 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 26, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Wink Optometry

Languages

English

Education

Other trades certificate or diploma

Work setting

  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Urban area
  • Optical retail store
  • Office of health care professional

Tasks

  • Administer eye drops, ointments and medications as directed by ophthalmologists
  • Assist health care professionals
  • Assist physicians in the assessment of patients
  • Develop information materials for patients
  • Follow through on treatment programs with patients
  • Help medical examiner in charge
  • Maintain inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
  • Operate ophthalmic testing and measuring instruments
  • Record test results and medications given by ophthalmologists
  • Set up and dismantle equipment
  • Clean and maintain equipment
  • Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
  • Record vital signs
  • Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
  • Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation
  • Maintain supplies
  • Maintain inventory of equipment
  • Document patient rehabilitation progress
  • Perform general clerical duties
  • Process files and paperwork
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Take patients' general medical and ophthalmic history
  • Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
  • Order supplies and equipment
  • Organize and maintain inventory

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Canadian Certified Optometric Assistant Program (CCOA)

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Office
  • MS Outlook
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word
  • Electronic medical records

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?

Employment terms options

Evening

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime available

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Team building opportunities

Support for youths

Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Optometric Assistant is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Therapy Assistants
METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to assist patients as directed by health care professionals

SOCIAL

Interest in assisting patients by helping elderly and incapacitated patients to dress and undress, by accompanying patients to treatment rooms and by supporting them in other activities

objective

Interest in handling to prepare and maintain work materials and supplies; and in assisting patients in the use of therapeutic equipment

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Interest Codes

Optical/Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians and Assistants
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to operate laboratory equipment; and in maintaining and repairing optical laboratory equipment or machinery

METHODICAL

Interest in copying established procedures to assemble eyeglasses according to precise specifications; and in fitting lenses into frames

innovative

Interest in assisting clients by suggesting improvements and recommending minor repairs to eyeglasses

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Interest Codes

Pharmacy Assistants
METHODICAL

Interest in assisting pharmacists by labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations, and by unpacking and storing supplies and verifying items received against invoices

INNOVATIVE

Interest in compiling information to compound, mix and formulate ointments, solutions, lotions, mouthwashes and other medications under the supervision of pharmacists

OBJECTIVE

Interest in handling scales, weights and measures to ensure correct amounts of ingredients are present in formulas and prescriptions

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Interest Codes

Central Supply Aides
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating machines such as instrument washers, sonic sinks, cart washers and steam autoclaves to clean, reprocess and sterilize supplies for reuse

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments

innovative

Interest in assisting health care staff by collecting and sorting soiled supplies and instruments from hospital departments, and by delivering sterile supplies to departments as required

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Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

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Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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