Associate Optometrist - Walmart

Walmart; New Mexico; On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is revolutionizing healthcare through optometry! As an Associate Optometrist, you'll play a vital role in delivering evidence-based vision care and enhancing patient well-being. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and equipment, providing routine vision care and educating patients on eye health. This fast-paced environment allows you to connect authentically with the community, ensuring that everyone has access to affordable eyecare. If you're passionate about making a difference in patients' lives and eager to embrace new advancements in optometry, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Optometry from accredited school required.
• Licensed optometrist in good standing essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based vision care and prescribe treatments.
• Educate patients on eye health and safety factors.
• Consult with health professionals for patient care plans.

Skills

Evidence-based vision care

Patient education

Consultation with health professionals

Ocular disease management

EMR/EHR experience

New equipment technology

Education

Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD)

Tools

Digital phoropters

EMR

Maestro (OCT/retinal camera)

Job description

It's time to see optometry through a new lens. Walmart is revolutionizing healthcare and this your chance to be part of it. A Walmart Associate Optometrist is the clinical partner to the Vision Center Manager, and core to our mission of advancing eyecare affordably for everyone.

About The Optometry Team

We're looking for someone that shows autonomy and will forge the way to be a trusted part of the community, operating the business as if it were your own. The Vision Center is fast-paced and equipped with the resources and technology you need to succeed. Your biggest tool? The ability to authentically connect with our patients, as they turn to Walmart for trusted expertise.

What you'll do...

1. Provide evidence-based vision care to ensure patient's health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery).
2. Deliver routine vision care using evidence-based care guidelines. Educate patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors.
3. Consult with other health professionals to prepare patient care plans, observing optometry scope of practice per state board.

Embraces new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation. This would be essential as we are integrating advanced technology such as digital phoropters, EMR, Maestro (OCT/retinal camera combo).

What you'll bring:

1. Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
2. Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice.
3. EMR/EHR experience.
4. Eagerness to embrace new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation.
5. Experience in Treating and managing ocular disease.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...

3500 Coors Blvd Sw, Albuquerque, NM 87121-5274, United States of America