Optometrist

Aria Care Partners • Waterloo, IA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Aria Care Partners is seeking a part-time Optometrist to provide onsite eye care to patients in skilled nursing facilities across central or southern Louisiana. The role is open to new college graduates and experienced physicians. The Optometrist delivers routine, acute, and chronic eye disease care and ensures accurate diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and injuries, serving patients—including disabled and elderly people—with kindness and discretion.

Clinicians visit different skilled nursing communities and use mobile optometric equipment. The work can be scheduled as little as one day per week, with scheduling arranged around the clinician’s availability. The compensation model is production-based with a guaranteed minimum daily rate, plus time and mileage rates for facility travel. Mileage reimbursement is included, and driving time beyond the normal commute is paid. For locations more than 2.5 hours away, the company offers overnight lodging, meals, and an additional travel stipend.

Aria Care Partners provides clinical operations support for coordination, scheduling, and billing, allowing clinicians to focus on patient care. The company provides onsite dental, vision, hearing, and podiatry care to long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. Its mission is to enrich residents’ quality of life with passion and compassion, and its values include caring for customers and coworkers, continuous improvement, excellence, teamwork, and collaboration.

Requirements

• Possess a valid driver’s license.
• Maintain a clean driving record.
• Treat patients with kindness and discretion.

Responsibilities

• Conduct eye exams using mobile optometric equipment and perform general diagnostic interpretation.
• Diagnose and treat ocular disease.
• Prescribe, fit, and adjust eyeglasses.
• Recommend appropriate patient follow-up and care options.
• Answer questions and educate patients, family members or responsible parties, and facility staff about vision and optical concerns.
• Deliver outstanding customer service through patient interactions.
• Support development of the overall service.

Benefits

• Guaranteed minimum per-day rate within a production-based compensation model.
• Time and mileage rates for drives to and from facilities.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Paid time for driving that exceeds normal commute time.
• Overnight lodging, meals, and an additional travel stipend for locations more than 2.5 hours away.
• Scheduling flexibility, with work available as little as one day per week.
• Clinical operations support for coordination, scheduling, and billing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed