Optometrist

MedElite Group•Utica, NY

About The Position

Swift Optometry is seeking a friendly and compassionate Optometrist to provide comprehensive care to patients in long-term care facilities in Utica, New York. The role offers the opportunity to work with a full healthcare team, including nurses, primary physicians, health aides, family members, and ophthalmologists, as well as supportive administrative and professional staff. Swift Optometry provides bedside eye care to seniors in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, using state-of-the-art equipment and offering routine and medical exams, ocular disease management, vision correction, and patient education. The schedule is full-time, five days per week. Compensation is $45.00–$50.00 per patient.

Requirements

Hold an OD license.
Be able to lift a minimum of 20 pounds.
Be able to stand, walk, or work on your feet for up to 6–8 hours per day.
Be able to perform prolonged sitting and standing.
Have fine motor skills for operating equipment.
Be able to lift and move patients.
Be comfortable working with the geriatric population.

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive routine and medical eye exams.
Perform dilated exams.
Provide diabetic evaluations.
Treat eye infections and injuries.
Diagnose and treat ocular disease.
Provide care to patients in long-term care facilities, including geriatric patients.
Communicate and interact with nurses, primary physicians, health aides, family members, ophthalmologists, and the employer’s administrative and professional staff.