Optometrist

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VA Phoenix Healthcare System (PVAHCS) seeks two staff Optometrists to provide optometric care in the Eye Clinic, performing outpatient and inpatient comprehensive eye examinations. The role involves determining diagnoses and initiating treatments while serving as a consultant to medical center staff and trainees.

Applicants must meet basic requirements including U.S. citizenship, Doctor of Optometry degree, licensure, and residency or equivalent experience, plus English proficiency.

Qualifications

• OD degree from a school approved by VA/ACOE.
• Current, full and unrestricted optometry license in a U.S. state or territory.
• Completion of an approved residency or two years of licensed clinical optometric practice in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Provide optometric care in the Eye Clinic at VA Phoenix Health Care System.
• Routinely perform outpatient and inpatient comprehensive eye examinations.
• Determine diagnoses and initiate treatments as appropriate.
• Serve as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees.

Education

Doctor of Optometry degree

State licensure as Optometrist

Residency training or equivalent experience

English language proficiency

Job description

The VA Phoenix Healthcare System (PVAHCS) in Surgical Care Service is seeking two staff Optometrists that will be responsible for:

• Providing optometric care provided in the Eye Clinic at PVAHCS.
• Routinely performing outpatient and inpatient comprehensive eye examinations.
• Determine diagnosis, and initiate treatments.
• Serve as a consultant to to other medical center staff and trainees.

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education. Degree of Doctor of Optometry resulting from a course of education in optometry. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools or colleges approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are United States and Canadian schools or colleges of optometry listed as accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE), in the list published for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Licensure/Registration. Optometrists must possess a current, full and unrestricted license to practice optometry, and maintain a current registration in a state, territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia that requires successful passage of all parts of National Board of Examiners in Optometry intended for basic licensure. The Optometrist must maintain current registration in the state of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.
• Residency Training or Comparable Experience. Optometrists must have successfully completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of VA in an accredited post-graduate training program, or have comparable experience, as described below:

(1) Approved residencies are those with accredited or within pre-accredited status by the ACOE, in the list published for the year the residency was completed.

OR

(2) Two years of licensed clinical optometric practice in the United States consisting of active involvement in the management of medically complex patients.

• English Language Proficiency. Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.