Optometrist (Non-Competitive)

County of Los Angeles•Los Angeles, CA

24d•Onsite

About The Position

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its integrated system of 25 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics – DHS annually provides direct care for over 600,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of 6.9 billion. Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition, to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing. Our Mission: To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

Requirements

A license to practice optometry issued by the California State Board of Optometry with current Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agent (TPA) and Glaucoma (TPG) Certifications.
All required licenses must be active and unrestricted or your application will not be accepted.
To complete the application, please include a legible copy of your license issued by the California State Board of Optometry at the time of filing, or email the documents to the exam analyst Teresa Ruocco, at [email protected] within seven (7) calendar days of filing online.
When emailing documents, please include your name, exam number and exam title.
Applications received without the required proof of licensure will be denied as not meeting the stated requirements.
The original documents will need to be presented during the selection process and prior to final appointment.
We do not accept password-protected documents.
Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.
Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number, so include yours when applying.
All applicants must file their application using their own user ID and password.
U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE OR WITHHOLDS ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS EXAMINATION.
NO WITHHOLD WILL BE ALLOWED.
REQUIRED LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS MUST BE VALID AT THE TIME OF FILING AND CLEARLY INDICATED ON THE APPLICATION.

Responsibilities

Diagnoses and manages basic eye conditions including glaucoma and consults with Ophthalmologist when appropriate.
Refers patients with indications of possible pathological condition to an ophthalmologist for additional examination.
Interviews and examine patients having a full range of vision problems, consulting medical charts when available.
Maintains appropriate documentation in the patient medical record.
Determines proper remedial alternatives and discusses and interprets findings with patients and/or parents, suggesting appropriate remedial method.
Conducts fundus examination through bio microscopy, including viewing with fixed lens and camera.
Reviews ophthalmic imaging, including digital anterior segment and retinal images and ocular coherence tomography.
Instructs resident ophthalmologists and paramedical personnel in the field of ophthalmic instrumentation and procedure by planning and developing a course of training under the direction of a chief of ophthalmology services, conducting lectures and demonstrations, and observing clinic practice.
Determines, using a full field of optometric instruments and equipment, patients' visual acuity; amplitude of accommodation; refractive state at far and near point; and accommodation, convergence, and binocular coordination at far and near point.
Calculates proper prescription employing formulas ranging from those necessary to calculate simple, single corrective lenses through those necessary to calculate contact lenses, prisms, iseikonic, and aphakic lenses.
Employs low vision aids such as telescopic and microscopic lenses for the correction of sub-normal vision when deemed necessary.
Utilizes ophthalmometry for high astigmatic diagnosis.