Optometrist (OD) - Winston-Salem, NC

CLFC Healthcare and Communications • Winston-Salem, NC

81d • $130 - $140 • Onsite

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, including Murdoch Developmental Center, Central Regional Hospital, Cherry Hospital, and Broughton Hospital. The facilities serve adults and children living with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance use disorders, and neuro-medical complexity. These are clinical encounters in a secure inpatient setting, not routine retail vision checks. Care should be adapted to each resident and delivered at an appropriate pace.

The engagement is an independent contractor (1099), part-time, per-assignment opportunity. The clinician may cover one facility or multiple locations. Scheduled weekday daytime clinic days are set in advance, with approximately 96 hours per facility per year, or about eight hours per facility each month. Compensation is $130 to $140 per hour, paid per assignment, and mileage to and from assigned facilities is reimbursed at the current GSA rate.

The optometrist works alongside facility nursing and medical staff, coordinates with the escorting staff member, documents findings at the chair on the day of the clinic, and escalates urgent findings directly to the attending. CLF Consultants provides professional liability coverage for the assignment and manages licensure verification, facility credentialing, privileging, scheduling, and clinic confirmation. A dedicated Program Manager is the point of contact for scheduling, coordination, and payment. The engagement has potential 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 begins.
• 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 is provided by CLF Consultants.
• CLFC manages licensure verification, facility credentialing, and privileging, and coordinates scheduling and clinic confirmation.
• A dedicated Program Manager is the single point of contact for scheduling, coordination, and payment.
• Multi-year engagement potential across a one-year base period and two option years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree