Optometrist

Kaiser Permanente; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in the Los Angeles area seeks a licensed optometrist to provide comprehensive vision care to members, including exams, management of ocular disease, and prescriptions for spectacles and contact lenses.

You will perform specialized tests, collaborate with the Vision Services team, and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations while delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an optometry school accredited by the California State Board of Optometry.
• California Certificate to use Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents.
• Licensed Optometrist in California.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality optometric/vision care to members.
• Prescribe ophthalmic spectacles, contact lenses, and non-optical aids.
• Perform specialized testing such as perimetry, tonometry, and orthoptics.
• Coordinate with Coordinating Optometrists to ensure member satisfaction.
• Collaborate with Optical Lab and Optical Dispensing teams.
• Maintain compliance with state and federal regulations.

Skills

Anatomy knowledge

Ocular pharmacology

Physiology understanding

Ophthalmic care

Education

Optometry degree

California Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents certificate

Job description

Job Summary

Provides visual examinations, including those conducted to identify the presence of pathology. Conducts detection and differential diagnosis of abnormal visual, ocular and/or systematic conditions. Provides complete high quality optometric/vision care services to members.

Essential Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Provides treatment of the visual system within the scope of optometric licensure, including writing prescriptions for ophthalmic spectacles, contact lenses, orthoptics and non-optical aids.
• Provides additional specialized testing and therapy such as contact lens examinations, visual fields (perimetry), tonometry, orthoptics (for therapy of amblyopia, suppression, diplopia, extraocular muscle problems and associated conditions), low vision evaluation (for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with subnormal vision not correctable with standard opthalmic appliances), fluorescein angiography (for diagnosing and documenting ocular conditions) and ocular photography (for photo examination of the external and internal structures of the eye under the direction of Ophthalmology).
• Maintains compliance with all current organizational, state and federal regulations pertaining to Optometry.
• Reports and coordinates with the Coordinating Optometrists to ensure member satisfaction and promote financial viability of the Permanente Vision Services Program.
• Works effectively as team member with other areas of Vision Services which includes Optical Lab and Optical Dispensing.
• Promotes member satisfaction by ensuring the provision of a high level of quality of service and care.
• Establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations with the public, patients and other personnel.
• May perform other duties as required.

Basic Qualifications

Experience

• N/A.

Education

• Graduate of a school or college of Optometry accredited by the California State Board of Optometry California Certificate to use Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents.

License, Certification, Registration

• Optometrist License (California)
• National Provider Identifier

Additional Requirements

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to apply the principles, theories, practices and techniques of optometric practice, including anatomy, physiology, pathology and mechanics of the human eye, visual processes and detailed knowledge of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics.
• Must be able to work evenings and Saturdays.
• May rotate to other MOBs within the Medical Center Service Area*.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of a one year ACOE accredited residency program.
• A hiring manager may specify Preferred Qualifications, which are desirable and above and beyond the requirements specified in the Minimum Qualifications section above.
• Please keep in mind that any such Preferred Qualifications should be job related and relevant (i.e., directly related to the duties and responsibilities described in this Job Description) and stated in non-prejudicial language.