Optometrist

AEG Vision; Selah (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with Match

Medical/Dental/Life/STD/LTD

Vision Service Plan

Employee Vision Discount Program

HSA/FSA

PTO

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Acuity Eyecare Group in Selah, WA seeks a licensed Doctor of Optometry to conduct comprehensive eye exams and educate patients about eyecare. You will build lasting patient relationships, diagnose refractive issues, and prescribe glasses, contacts, and medications.

You will also support vision- and eye-health education and coordinate with staff to maximize patient outcomes. The role requires state-boards completion and a commitment to high standards of patient care, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Doctorate of Optometry from a credentialed institution.
• Must have passed all optometric state boards.

Responsibilities

• Establish long-term patient relationships through proper patient care and education.
• Perform verbal interview with patient to determine health, ocular history, and visual needs.
• Instruct and advise patients on options for remediation of refractive errors and ocular diseases; transfer to staff for recap.
• Generate patient loyalty and promote the optometry profession and practice values.
• Perform vision tests and analyze results.
• Diagnose sight problems and eye diseases; determine treatments.
• Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, and medications as appropriate.
• Provide pre- and postoperative care for eye surgeries and post-op eye examinations.
• Evaluate patients for systemic diseases and refer to other providers when needed.
• Educate patients on eye health, lens care, and frequency of examinations.
• Communicate recommendations clearly to opticians and sales staff.

Skills

Patient communication

Clinical examination

Ophthalmic diagnosis

Team collaboration

Education

Doctorate of Optometry

Job description

Selah, Washington, USA

Full-time

Job Description

The optometrist will conduct eye exams for Acuity Eyecare group and strive to practice to the full capacity of their license. The optometrist will support practice growth by establishing patient relationships and education to the patient on eyecare.

• Establishing long term patient relationships through proper patient care and education
• Performs verbal interview with patient prior to examination to determine health and ocular history, medical issues, reasons for their visit as well their visual wants and needs
• Instructs, recommends and advises patients as to their options for remediation of ametropias, systemic and ocular disease as well as visual wants and needs. Hands-off patient to support staff with recap discussion
• Ability to generate patient loyalty and promote the profession of Optometry and Acuity Eyecare Group values
• Perform vision tests and analyze results
• Diagnose sight problems, such as nearsightedness or farsightedness and eye diseases
• Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, and medications
• Recommend or provide treatments such as vision therapy or low-vision rehabilitation (brand specific)
• Provide pre- and postoperative care to patients undergoing eye surgery—for example, examining a patient’s eyes the day after cataract or refractive surgery
• Evaluate patients for the presence of diseases such as diabetes and refer patients to other healthcare providers within the proper time frame
• Promote eye health by counseling patients, including explaining how to clean and wear contact lenses how often to have their eyes examined
• Clearly communicating to the opticians and other sales people appropriate recommendations for the best possible lenses with the latest highest technology coatings and designs.

Requirements

• Doctorate of Optometry from a credentialed institution
• Must have passed all optometric state boards

Benefits

• 401(k) with Match
• Medical/Dental/Life/STD/LTD
• Vision Service Plan
• Employee Vision Discount Program
• HSA/FSA
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Benefits applicable to full Time Employees only.

Physical Demands

• This position requires the ability to communicate and exchange information, utilize equipment necessary to perform the job, and move about the office.