Geriatric Optometrist - Compassionate Eyecare in LTC

The MedElite Group; Barre Town (VT); On-site; USD 40 - 45; Full time

Job summary

Swift, managed by MedElite, seeks a friendly optometrist to provide comprehensive eye care for residents in long-term care facilities in Barre, Vermont. The role offers a full-time schedule with compensation offered per patient.

The successful candidate will perform routine exams for glasses and contacts, dilated exams, diabetic evaluations, and treat ocular infections or injuries, while serving the geriatric population.

Qualifications

• DO license required.
• DEA license required.
• Prolonged sitting/standing; fine motor skills for equipment operation; lifting/moving patients.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine, comprehensive exams for glasses and contacts
• Perform dilated exams
• Provide diabetic evaluations
• Treatment of infection and injury
• Repair and equip patients with eyeglasses
• Proficient in diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease
• Comfortable working with the geriatric population

Skills

Glasses & contacts exams

Geriatric eye care

Diabetic eye evaluations

Ocular disease management

Job description

Swift, managed by MedElite, seeks a friendly optometrist to provide comprehensive eye care for residents in long-term care facilities in Barre, Vermont. The role offers a full-time schedule with compensation offered per patient.

The successful candidate will perform routine exams for glasses and contacts, dilated exams, diabetic evaluations, and treat ocular infections or injuries, while serving the geriatric population.