Optometrist- On-Call
Salud Para La Gente•Watsonville, CA
•$70 - $86
About The Position
Salud Para La Gente (SALUD) is seeking an Optometrist to join their Optometry Department. SALUD provides high-quality, comprehensive, and cost-effective healthcare to underserved low-income communities in Santa Cruz County and North Monterey County. The Optometrist will provide direct primary eye care and guidance to patients.
Requirements
- Doctorate Degree from a school of Optometry approved by California.
- Possess and maintain a current California License to practice optometry.
- Must have and maintain a certificate in Ocular Pharmacology issued by the State Board of Optometry.
- Must maintain an average of sixty post-graduate hours in Optometric-Medical Education in the last three years.
- Valid CA driver’s license
- Current valid CPR certification.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual, Spanish and English highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an advocate for patients and their families during their entry into Salud health care system.
- Perform assessments, general and ocular history, and eye examination on new and returning patients.
- Assess visual status, ocular motor status, ocular pathological conditions, ocular development status, and optometric needs of patients through appropriate ophthalmic examination methods.
- Develop the optometric treatment plan with the patients for visual problems and abnormalities to be implemented.
- Communicate when necessary with patients and or patient’s family by phone or letter.
- Provide guidance to patients and or their families relevant to ocular health education.
- Provide sympathetic care, communicate effectively and respectfully with people from different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds and lifestyles.
- Provide consultation for the professional staff.
- Provide technical supervision to para-optometric staff.
- Efficiently use the EHR system and complete chart write-ups and review laboratory works in a timely manner.
- Participate in Salud’s Continuous Quality Improvement program.
- Comply with the referral/utilization procedures and standards.
- Comply with all regulations pertaining to the practice of optometry and licensure in the State of California.
- Comply with the principal of practice.
Benefits
- CA Sick Pay, prorated per hours worked
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
