Associate Optometrist PR

Walmart•Barceloneta, PR

1d•$135,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Provides evidence-based vision care to ensure patients' health and wellbeing. This includes recommending treatment options, performing pre-testing, delivering routine vision care, and educating patients and staff on eye health. The role involves evaluating patients' health conditions, performing comprehensive eye examinations, prescribing and fitting vision aids, and interpreting diagnostic tests. The Associate Optometrist also handles foreign body removal and develops treatment plans. They represent the company by delivering exceptional customer service, maintaining patient information, assisting vision center staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, and performing administrative and retail tasks. Embraces new equipment and technology, such as digital phoropters, EMR Maestro, and OCT retinal camera combos. Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a skilled workforce, cultivates an environment of integrity and ethics, and leverages partnerships to achieve business goals. Promotes a culture of belonging, respect, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice

Nice To Haves

Completion of a post-graduate year one (PGY-1) in area of emphasis (for example, family practice, low vision care, pediatric or geriatric optometry, ocular disease.

Responsibilities

Provides evidence-based vision care to ensure patients health and wellbeing
Recommending other treatment options for example red eye LASIK surgery cataract surgery using evidence-based care guidelines
Performance of pretesting and recording of results
Delivering routine vision care
Educating patients and store associates on eye health including contact lens care disease state management and safety factors
Recommending appropriate patient followup
Consulting with other health professionals to prepare and coordinate patient care plans in accordance with optometry scope of practice per state board
Providing patients with appropriate referrals as needed to ophthalmologists and other healthcare professionals
Following up with patient and other health professionals regarding any outstanding diagnostics tests or other patient information as needed
Evaluates patients health condition across and within the full vision center scope of service for example visual acuity visual function and eye health keratometry refraction to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment
Reviewing complete patient medical history information and performing comprehensive eye examinations
Examining eyes utilizing observation instruments and pharmaceutical agents to determine visual acuity and perception focus and coordination as well as identify signs of vision defects for example injury disease abnormality
Prescribing fitting and adjusting eyeglasses contact lenses and other vision aids
Suggesting ordering interpreting and assessing diagnostic tests for example glaucoma testing macular degeneration Optical Coherence Tomography OCT
Providing additional vision treatment for example foreign body removal as necessary
Developing treatment plans based on patients clinical presentation using evidence-based care guidelines and patient preferences
Referring patients with medical conditions outside of vision care services to appropriate community providers
Completing documentation of patient history physical assessment and treatment plan in a timely manner
Represents the company in vision care and patient engagement by delivering exceptional customer service through all patient interactions
Maintaining and updating patient information in vision center systems for example BOSS in a timely accurate and confidential manner
Assisting vision center staff for example opticians on best practices and procedures
Ensuring adherence to state local and federal healthcare regulations and Walmart vision center guidelines
Performing administrative and retail tasks for the vision center as necessary for example financial transactions patient registration retail transactions
Working with internal stakeholders for example pharmacist clinics store management and external stakeholders for example external health care professionals to ensure overall coordinated and integrated patient care experience and high quality customer service
Embraces new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation
Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs developing communicating building support for and implementing business strategies plans and practices
Analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans
Determining and supporting resource requirements
Evaluating operational processes measuring outcomes to ensure desired results
Identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities
Promoting a customer environment and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps recruiting selecting and developing talent supporting mentorship workforce development and succession planning and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent
Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices developing consequences for violations or noncompliance and supporting the Open Door Policy
Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives engaging key stakeholders in the development execution and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives and supporting associate efforts in these areas
Respect the Individual: Builds highperforming teams embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where associates feel seen supported and connected through a culture of belonging creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform
Respect the Individual: Works collaboratively builds strong and trusting relationships communicates with impact energy and positivity to motivate and influence
Respect the Individual: Attracts and retains the best talent empowers and develops talent and recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture holds oneself and others accountable supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers members and the world around useg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving
Act with Integrity: Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble selfaware honest fair and transparent
Serve Our Customers and Members Delivers results while putting the customer first considers and adapts to how where and when customers shop and applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans
Serve Our Customers and Members Makes decisions based on data insights and analysis balances short and longterm priorities and considers our customers fellow associates shareholders suppliers business partners and communities when making plans
Strive for Excellence: Displays curiosity and a desire to learn takes calculated risks demonstrates courage and resilience and encourages learning from mistakes
Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvements adopts and encourages the use of new technologies and skills and supports others through change