Optometrist with Retina Interest

Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics; University Place (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Production bonus

Four-day workweek

Job summary

Cascade Eye & Skin Centers in South Sound, WA, seeks an optometrist with a strong interest in retinal disease and medical eye care. Residency training is preferred, particularly in ocular disease or medical optometry.

You will collaborate with retina specialists in a patient-centered environment with advanced diagnostic technology and a large established patient base. Experienced medical optometrists and residency-trained new graduates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Optometry degree from an accredited institution.
• Current Washington State optometry license or eligibility for licensure.
• Residency training preferred.
• Strong interest or experience in medical retina and ocular disease.
• Proficiency in dilated fundus examinations and evaluation of the peripheral retina.
• Sound clinical judgment and the ability to recognize urgent retinal pathology.
• Commitment to high-quality, compassionate patient care.
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a collaborative, multidisciplinary practice.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and manage patients with retinal disease in collaboration with our retina specialists.
• Perform comprehensive medical eye examinations, including careful peripheral retinal evaluations.
• Identify and appropriately triage urgent retinal findings.
• Interpret OCT, fundus photography, visual fields, and other ophthalmic testing.
• Provide preoperative and postoperative care for retinal surgery patients.
• Monitor patients with chronic retinal and ocular conditions.
• Educate patients about their diagnoses, treatment plans, warning symptoms, and long-term disease management.
• Collaborate with physicians, technicians, and clinical staff to provide coordinated, seamless patient care.

Skills

Medical retina

Dilated fundus exams

Peripheral retina evaluation

Education

Doctor of Optometry

Tools

OCT imaging

Fundus photography

Visual fields

Job description

Exciting Opportunity for an Optometrist with a Special Interest in Retina

South Sound, Washington — Puyallup, University Place, and Gig Harbor

Cascade Eye & Skin Centers, P.C. is seeking a compassionate, motivated, and clinically skilled optometrist with a strong interest in retinal disease and medical eye care. Residency training is preferred, particularly in ocular disease or medical optometry.

This is an excellent opportunity for an optometrist who is confident performing thorough peripheral retinal examinations and enjoys caring for patients with retinal conditions. You will work closely with experienced retina specialists in a collaborative, patient-centered environment, with access to advanced diagnostic technology and a large, established patient base.

Experienced medical optometrists and residency-trained new graduates are encouraged to apply.

About Cascade Eye & Skin Centers

Established in 1991, Cascade Eye & Skin Centers is a multidisciplinary group practice with more than 40 medical professionals providing ophthalmology, dermatology, and aesthetic services.

Our ophthalmology team includes comprehensive ophthalmologists, retina, glaucoma and cornea specialists, oculoplastic surgeons, and optometrists. As one of the largest practices of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, Cascade serves a market area of more than one million people through seven locations in Pierce, Thurston, and King counties.

Our surgeons perform more than 2,000 procedures annually in our physician‑owned, fully accredited, two‑room ambulatory surgery center.

Position Highlights

• Four‑day workweek with no nights or weekends
• Opportunity to work closely with experienced retina specialists
• Large, established medical and surgical patient base
• Dedicated ophthalmic technicians
• State‑of‑the‑art retinal imaging and diagnostic equipment
• Collaborative MD/OD practice environment
• Full‑time and part‑time opportunities
• Potential to work at two of our South Sound locations
• Competitive base salary plus production bonus

Clinical Responsibilities

• Evaluate and manage patients with retinal disease in collaboration with our retina specialists
• Perform comprehensive medical eye examinations, including careful peripheral retinal evaluations
• Identify and appropriately triage urgent retinal findings
• Interpret OCT, fundus photography, visual fields, and other ophthalmic testing
• Provide preoperative and postoperative care for retinal surgery patients
• Monitor patients with chronic retinal and ocular conditions
• Educate patients about their diagnoses, treatment plans, warning symptoms, and long‑term disease management
• Collaborate with physicians, technicians, and clinical staff to provide coordinated, seamless patient care

Qualifications

• Doctor of Optometry degree from an accredited institution
• Current Washington State optometry license or eligibility for licensure
• Residency training preferred
• Strong interest or experience in medical retina and ocular disease
• Proficiency in dilated fundus examinations and evaluation of the peripheral retina
• Sound clinical judgment and the ability to recognize urgent retinal pathology
• Commitment to high‑quality, compassionate patient care
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to work effectively within a collaborative, multidisciplinary practice