Optometrist (OD) - Hickory, NC

CLFC Healthcare and Communications • Hickory, NC

81d • $130 - $140 • Onsite

About The Position

CLFC Healthcare and Communications is seeking an optometrist to provide on-site eye and vision care at North Carolina state-operated healthcare facilities: Murdoch Developmental Center, Central Regional Hospital in Butner, Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, and Broughton Hospital in Morganton. The facilities serve adults and children living with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance use disorders, and neuro-medical complexity. These are clinical encounters in a secure inpatient setting, not routine retail vision checks. Care should be adapted to each resident and delivered at an appropriate pace, in coordination with facility staff.

The optometrist will work alongside facility nursing and medical staff, document findings at the chair on the day of the clinic, and escalate urgent findings directly to the attending. The independent-contractor engagement is part-time and paid per assignment. Clinicians may cover one facility or multiple sites, with clinic days scheduled in advance. The schedule consists of weekday daytime hours in Eastern Time, with approximately 96 hours per facility per year, or about eight hours per facility each month. There is no call, night, or weekend work.

Compensation is $130 to $140 per hour. An eight-hour clinic day is approximately $1,040 to $1,120, and a four-hour clinic day is approximately $520 to $560. Mileage and travel to and from assigned facilities are reimbursed at the current GSA rate. Professional liability coverage for the assignment is provided by CLF Consultants. CLFC manages licensure verification, facility credentialing and privileging, scheduling, and clinic confirmation. A dedicated Program Manager coordinates scheduling, communication, and payment. The engagement has multi-year potential 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 starts.
• 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 escorting facility staff 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.
• Document clinical findings the same day at the chair.

Benefits

• Mileage and travel to and from assigned facilities reimbursed at the current GSA rate.
• Professional liability coverage for the assignment is provided by CLF Consultants.
• CLFC manages licensure verification, facility credentialing and privileging, scheduling, and clinic confirmation.
• A dedicated Program Manager is the single point of contact for scheduling, coordination, and payment.
• Predictable clinic days scheduled in advance.
• Multi-year engagement potential across a one-year base period and two option years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time