Optometrist

NVISION Eye Centers; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

NVISION Eye Centers in California seeks an Optometrist to lead a Center, ensuring exceptional patient care across general ophthalmology, cataract, and glaucoma services. The clinician will collaborate with technicians to optimize testing and refraction accuracy, and will follow strict clinical and safety protocols.

The role includes pre- and post-operative care, coordination with surgeons, and ongoing communication with co-managing doctors.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed optometrist in California.
• Cataract experience preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• Desire to provide exceptional patient experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead all clinical aspects of the NVISION Center to ensure top patient care for general ophthalmology, cataract, and glaucoma patients.
• Collaborate with technicians to improve testing efficiency and patient workup, ensuring accurate refractions.
• Follow clinical standards of care, including operating practices, incident reporting, and safety.
• Coordinate with surgeons to ensure clear communication on protocols and patient management.
• Perform pre- and post-operative care and assist doctors with complications.
• Follow up with co-managing/referring doctors regarding patient status and results.
• Define and report clinical incidents as needed.
• Assist in other areas as required.

Skills

Patient care

Clinical standards

Team communication

Pre/post-op care

Bilingual

Education

Optometry license CA

Job description

NVISION® Eye Centers is one of the largest ophthalmology providers in the U.S., with over ninety centers across six states including California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, and Utah. An innovative leader in ophthalmology, we are dedicated to providing the best patient experience through the use of the latest technology and treatment by the most talented and experienced surgeons in the industry. With more than 3,000 eye doctors referring their patients and trusting their own eyes to NVISION surgeons, NVISION Eye Centers is the Eye Doctors' #1 Choice®.

This position is primarily responsible for leading the NVISION Center by ensuring patient care is at the forefront of all activities. The Optometrist will see general ophthalmology patients in addition to educating patients on cataract surgery and lifestyle lenses.

Compensation is $550 - $600 per day.

• Leads all clinical aspects of center to ensure the best patient care for all general ophthalmology, cataract, and glaucoma patients.
• Work with the technicians to improve efficiencies in testing and patient work up, in addition to ensuring accurate patient refractions.
• Follows the clinical standards of care for the center, including, but not limited to operating practices and procedure, incident tracking/reporting, quality maintenance, surgical protocol, updating medication protocol, patient, and occupational health and safety.
• Interacts with center and surgeon to ensure full communication between the surgeon and the staff in areas of surgical protocol, patient management and medication schedule.
• Performs pre and post- operative care for patients at center and assists doctors with pre and post-operative care when complications arise.
• Follows-up with co-managing/referring doctors regarding patient status and results.
• Defines and reports any clinical incidents as necessary.
• Assists in other areas as needed.
• Licensed Optometrist in the state of CA
• Cataract experience preferred
• Desire to be an integral part in providing an exceptional patient experience
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred