(USA) Associate Optometrist - Walmart
About The Position
Provide evidence-based vision care to ensure patients health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery). Deliver routine vision care using evidence-based care guidelines. Educate patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors. Consult with other health professionals to prepare patient care plans, observing optometry scope of practice per state board; Embraces new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation. This would be essential as we are integrating advanced technology such as digital phoropters, EMR, Maestro (OCT/retinal camera combo).
Requirements
- Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
- Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice.
- EMR/EHR experience.
- Eagerness to embrace new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation.
- Experience in Treating and managing ocular disease.
- Judgment: Make Sound Judgments
- Customer/Member Centered: Promote a Customer/Member-Focused Environment
- Execution and Results: Optimize Execution and Results
- Planning and Improvement: Advocate Planning and Continuous Improvement
- Influence and Communicate: Inspire Commitment
- Ethics and Compliance: Promote Ethics and Compliance
- Adaptability: Demonstrate Adaptability
- Strategy: Think and Act Strategically
- Social Responsibility and Reputation: Promote Reputation and Social Responsibility
- Talent: Assess and Improve Talent
- Build Relationships: Build Internal and External Relationships
- Manages Optical Operations
- Quality Patient Care-Facility
- Compliance Focused Execution-Facility
Responsibilities
- Provide evidence-based vision care
- Recommend and prescribe medications and other treatment options
- Deliver routine vision care using evidence-based care guidelines
- Educate patients and store associates on eye health
- Consult with other health professionals to prepare patient care plans
- Embraces new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation
Benefits
- At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
- You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
General Merchandise Retailers
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
