Optometrist (OD) - Butner, NC

CLFC Healthcare and Communications • Butner, NC

85d • $130 - $140 • Onsite

About The Position

CLFC Healthcare and Communications is engaging an optometrist to provide on-site eye and vision care at North Carolina state-operated healthcare facilities: Murdoch Developmental Center and Central Regional Hospital in Butner, Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, and Broughton Hospital in Morganton. The facilities serve adults and children with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance use disorders, and neuro-medical complexity. This role provides clinical encounters in secure inpatient settings rather than routine retail vision checks, with examinations adapted to each resident’s needs and pace.

The optometrist works alongside facility nursing and medical staff, documents findings at the chair on the day of the clinic, and escalates urgent findings directly to the attending. Assignments are scheduled in advance for weekday daytime clinics in Eastern Time. Coverage can be for one facility or multiple sites, at approximately 96 hours per facility per year (about eight hours per facility each month).

This is a part-time, per-assignment independent contractor (1099) engagement. Compensation is $130 to $140 per hour, paid per assignment; mileage and travel to assigned facilities are reimbursed at the current GSA rate. CLF Consultants provides professional liability coverage for the assignment and manages licensure verification, facility credentialing, privileging, scheduling, and clinic confirmation. A dedicated Program Manager coordinates scheduling, operations, and payment. The engagement has potential to extend 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 techniques 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 document the clinical reason for referral.
• Escalate urgent findings directly to the attending.

Benefits

• Professional liability coverage for the assignment is provided by CLF Consultants.
• Mileage and travel to and from assigned facilities are reimbursed at the current GSA rate.
• 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