Job Overview
We are seeking a dynamic and dedicated Optometrist to join our healthcare team, committed to delivering exceptional eye care and improving patients’ vision and overall eye health. In this vital role, you will conduct comprehensive eye examinations, diagnose vision problems, and recommend appropriate treatments or corrective lenses. Your expertise will help patients of all ages achieve optimal visual health while ensuring a positive and caring experience. This paid position offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of your patients through expert care and compassionate service.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Takes case histories on patients, updates patient charts with current treatment information, and instructs patients in home care prescribed by the clinician.
- Prepares patient for examination; places medicated drops into patients' eyes.
- Conduct visual acuity evaluations and automated refractions on new and returning patients as directed.
- Prescription orders for various laboratories.
- Receive prescriptions from customers for contact lenses or eyeglasses
- Measure the faces and eyes of customers, including the distance between pupils. This is very important to ensure the proper fit of eyeglasses
- Assist customers in choosing eyeglass frames and lenses. Specific customers may need special eyewear for sports, occupational use, or various tints and anti-reflective coatings.
- Write work orders for laboratory techs and provide them with the information needed to make new lenses
- Work with customers to ensure that eyeglasses fit properly
- Repair and replace eyeglass frames as needed
- Provide education to customers about their eyewear; show customers how to take care of their contact lenses
- Handle various administrative business tasks, such as keeping track of prescriptions and ordering and maintaining vision center inventory.
- Assure that the working area is clean, organized, and supplied with necessary items for care of patients.
- May perform other duties as assigned that are within the scope of job duties and responsibilities.
Qualifications:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Representative accommodations may be able to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Education and/ or Experience:
- High School Diploma and Degree or Certification of completion from a recognized training program that included instruction and practice in mapping visual fields.
Physical Demands:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or control; reach with hand and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk hear.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Pay: $151,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
