Optometrist (Clinical) GS-0662-12

Defense Health Agency; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation incentive

Student Loan repayment

Job summary

Defense Health Agency in Fort Bragg, NC seeks a Clinical Optometrist to deliver comprehensive eye care, including therapeutic pharmacology and contact lens specialty, with duties spanning pre- and post-operative refractive surgery management.

The role emphasizes diagnosing and treating ocular diseases using advanced instrumentation, supervising optometric interns, and collaborating with ophthalmologists for operative care.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Optometry degree from an educational program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE).
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice optometry in a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory.
• One year of professional optometrist experience including examining patients, diagnosing visual disorders, and identifying treatment; residency acceptable as substitute.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary eye care focusing on therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, medical contact lens specialty, and pre/postoperative refractive surgery management.
• Identify systemic problems in addition to ocular issues.
• Diagnose and treat ocular diseases with advanced instrumentation and techniques.
• Monitor ophthalmic equipment and instruments.
• Perform comprehensive/limited visual and ocular examinations across age groups and occupations.
• Supervise and guide optometric interns and students.
• Lead pre-operative evaluation and postoperative management of refractive surgery with staff ophthalmologists.

Education

Doctor of Optometry degree

Job description

Overview

This position serves as a primary eye care provider, with emphasis on therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, medical contact lens specialist, operative refractive surgery management, and is located with Womack Army Medical Center's, at Fort Bragg, NC.

• Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.
• Student Loan repayment may be authorized.

Overview

This position serves as a primary eye care provider, with emphasis on therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, medical contact lens specialist, operative refractive surgery management, and is located with Womack Army Medical Center's, at Fort Bragg, NC.

• Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.
• Student Loan repayment may be authorized.

Civilian Optometrist (Clinical)

• Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.
• Student Loan repayment may be authorized.

Salary : Up to- $166,253 per year

Benefits

https://civilianmedicaljobs.com/benefits/

Responsibilities

Duties

• Serve as a primary eye care provider on therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, medical contact lens specialist, pre and post operative refractive surgery management, and consultations of Occupational Health through examinations of personnel.
• Identify systemic problems in addition to visual/ocular problems.
• Follow quiescent and slowly progressive ocular conditions as long as no medical or surgical intervention is indicated.
• Treat a full range of eye and visual problems and ocular diseases, to include the application of advanced instrumentation, optometric procedures and techniques.
• Monitor the maintenance of ophthalmic equipment and instruments.
• Perform comprehensive/limited visual and ocular examinations on all types of patients; including, but not limited to refractive surgery, pediatrics, adults, geriatric, learning disability, low vision, contact lens, and eye hazardous occupations.
• Diagnose and treat any visual anomaly and specified pathologic conditions of the ocular adnexa and the eye.
• Provide supervision, teaching, and guidance to senior optometric interns/Scholarship Program Students, eye specialist students, and/or eye technicians.
• Perform full range of professional optometric duties with major emphasis in the pre-operative evaluation of refractive surgery patients and post-operative evaluation/management of refractive surgery with the assistance of staff ophthalmologists.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Basic Requirements For Optometrist (Clinical)

Degree: A Doctor of Optometry degree from an educational program that is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) at the time the degree was obtained.

Licensure: Applicants must have received a passing score on the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NEBO) examinations and possess a current, full, and unrestricted license to practice optometry in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

Requirements

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Experience: One year of professional experience as an optometrist which includes examining patients, diagnosing visual disorders and/or diseases, and identifying treatment. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

OR

Residency

One year completion of a residency program in an institution accredited for such training.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.