Join Our Eye Care Team
Careers in California at Gulfcoast Eye Care
Every day at Gulfcoast Eye Care, our team helps patients move through life with clearer vision and greater confidence. From reading a menu without glasses to driving at night with ease, the work we do has a direct and lasting impact.
If you are looking for a career where your efforts truly matter, you will find it here. Our team serves patients across Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg with advanced eye care, supportive guidance, and a commitment to results that improve daily life.
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Why Join Our Eye Care Team?
Be Part of Life-Changing Eye Care
Vision correction is not just about procedures. It is about helping patients regain independence, comfort, and confidence in their everyday routines. Whether you are guiding a patient through LASIK or helping them schedule their first visit, your role contributes to meaningful outcomes.
Work with Advanced Technology
Our practice offers modern diagnostic tools and procedures, including LASIK, SMILE, ICL, and advanced lens options. You will gain hands-on experience in a setting that values precision and patient results.
Supportive Team Environment
We believe great eye care starts with a strong team. You will work alongside experienced ophthalmologists, optometrists, and staff who are committed to helping each other succeed while providing excellent patient care.
Clear Growth Opportunities
As our practice continues to grow in Pinellas Park, Palm Harbor, and St. Petersburg, we look for team members who want to grow with us. Many of our roles offer opportunities to expand your skills and take on new responsibilities over time.
Career Opportunities
Our Available Career Opportunities
Surgical Counselor
Gulfcoast Eye Care is seeking a full-time Surgical Counselor to educate patients on clinical procedures, discuss and sell enhanced elective services, and schedule surgeries. We are looking for employees who are motivated to help patients and strive for excellence in a collaborative, caring team environment. We provide superior diagnostics and the most advanced technology in the Tampa Bay area, offering various refractive procedures, including SMILE, ICL (Implantable Collamer Lenses), and life-changing corrective multifocal advanced lenses.
Surgical Counselor Duties and Responsibilities:
- Build relationships with potential patients, from initial inquiries through securing a consultation, and all the way to educating them on vision solutions.
- Counsel patients on recommended procedures, scheduling surgery, arranging financing, processing payments, and completing consent requirements.
- Input and manage CRM database entries, patient follow-up programs, record and track conversion rates.
- Consistently hit sales goal standards and work to exceed key performance indicators.
Surgical Counselor Qualifications:
- Outstanding communication skills to:
- Effectively explain laser vision correction, help patients to realize their lifestyle goals, and guide them through a decision-making process.
- Understand that a patent needs to work effectively with the eye doctor and the clinic staff.
- Remain personable and empathetic with the patient’s needs and concerns.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time quickly, accurately, and with high levels of attention to detail.
- Utilize established protocols with some flexibility while working independently and as a valued member of the team.
- Retail/sales experience helpful
- 1 year of experience in an ophthalmology setting preferred.
- Associate’s degree or equivalent.
Medical Front Office Receptionist
Gulfcoast Eye Care is a growing, multi-specialty Ophthalmology practice in Pinellas County, FL, seeking a full-time front office medical receptionist. Our practice culture and loyal team provide a fun, secure work environment to continue delivering excellent patient care on their journey toward better vision.
Medical Front Office Receptionist Responsibilities:
- Creating a positive patient experience: From the first phone call to finding an appointment time that matches their busy schedule, you make sure your patients have a positive experience.
- Streamlining documentation: Whether it’s insurance verifications, claim reviews, or posting payments, you make sure the paperwork is as easy as possible.
- Patient Education: Each patient’s needs are different, and you thrive on helping them understand all of their options.
Medical Front Office Receptionist Qualifications:
- To keep our exceptional level of patient care, we found that our ideal candidate must have the following:
- Minimum Associate’s Degree required
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while offering exceptional VIP customer service.
- 2+ years of medical practice and insurance experience is preferred.
- Ability to travel locally occasionally
- If you’re passionate about patient care and ready for a rewarding career in Tampa, apply now! We’re excited to learn more about you!
Ophthalmic Technician
Ophthalmic Technician Responsibilities:
- Building relationships with patients by asking about their symptoms and recording the information for the eye doctor, answering patients’ questions, and encouraging healthy habits
- Performing preliminary exams and tests such as manual refraction, applantion tonometry, lensometry, and IOLMaster/Lenstar, Topography, OCT, Fundus Photo, and Visual Field
- Supporting the ophthalmologist during eye surgeries and procedures while administering medications and topical treatments
- Examining test results and contributing to diagnostic discussions
- Writing, editing, and filing patient medical records
Ophthalmic Technician Skills and Requirements:
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to multitask
- Attention to detail
- Positive attitude and outlook
- Reliable transportation
- Experience with Nextech or EMR equivalent
- Associate Degree or JCHAPO Certification preferred but not required