Optometrist (OD) - Morganton, NC
About The Position
CLFC Healthcare and Communications is seeking an optometrist to provide on-site eye and vision care at North Carolina state-operated healthcare facilities. The facilities listed are Murdoch Developmental Center, Central Regional Hospital in Butner, Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, and Broughton Hospital in Morganton. The clinician may cover one facility or provide multi-site coverage. The work involves clinical encounters for adults and children living with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance use disorders, and neuro-medical complexity. Care is delivered in secure inpatient settings and adapted to each resident. The optometrist works alongside facility nursing and medical staff, documents findings on the day of the clinic, and escalates urgent findings directly to the attending. This is a part-time, per-assignment independent-contractor (1099) engagement. Clinic days are scheduled in advance and take place on weekdays during daytime hours, Eastern Time. Coverage is approximately 96 hours per facility per year, or about eight hours per facility each month. There is potential for a multi-year engagement across a one-year base period and two option years.
Requirements
- Doctor of Optometry (OD) from an accredited school or college of optometry.
- Active, unrestricted North Carolina optometry license issued by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry, or eligibility to obtain North Carolina licensure before the assignment starts.
- Clinical optometry experience.
- Must not be debarred or excluded from participation in Medicare or Medicaid.
- Ability to clear background screening and meet facility health screening and vaccination requirements, including seasonal influenza vaccination.
- Comfort working with vulnerable adult and pediatric populations in a secure state facility setting.
Nice To Haves
- Experience serving intellectual and developmental disability populations.
- Experience in institutional, inpatient, long-term-care, or state facility settings.
- Availability for multi-site coverage across the North Carolina facilities.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive eye and vision examinations for adult and pediatric residents.
- Diagnose and manage ocular conditions, and prescribe or fit corrective lenses and treatment as clinically indicated.
- Adapt examination technique and pacing for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities or behavioral health needs.
- Coordinate in real time with the escorting facility staff member and with nursing and medical staff on resident eye-care plans.
- Provide written clinical findings and recommendations to facility medical staff on the day of the clinic.
- Refer residents to ophthalmology or specialty care when clinically indicated, and record the clinical reason for referral.
- Escalate urgent findings directly to the attending.
Benefits
- Mileage and travel to and from assigned facilities reimbursed at the current GSA rate.
- Professional liability coverage for the assignment provided by CLF Consultants.
- Licensure verification, facility credentialing and privileging, scheduling, and clinic confirmation coordinated by CLFC.
- A dedicated Program Manager as the single point of contact for scheduling, coordination, and payment.
- Potential for a multi-year engagement across a one-year base period and two option years.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
