Optometrist - Sam's Club

Sam's West • Latham, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Provide evidence-based vision care to ensure patients health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery). Deliver routine vision care using evidence-based care guidelines. Educate patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors. Consult with other health professionals to prepare patient care plans, observing optometry scope of practice per state board. Embraces new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation. This would be essential as we are integrating advanced technology such as digital phoropters, EMR, Maestro (OCT/retinal camera combo).

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
• Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice.
• EMR/EHR experience.
• Eagerness to embrace new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation.
• Experience in Treating and managing ocular disease.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced instrumentation

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based vision care to ensure patients health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery).
• Deliver routine vision care using evidence-based care guidelines.
• Educate patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors.
• Consult with other health professionals to prepare patient care plans, observing optometry scope of practice per state board.
• Embrace new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation.
• Manage Optical Operations: Stay current on changes in optical procedures, ideas, and processes and shares the information and ideas with associates and managers.
• Ensure adherence to proper policies and procedures for advising on merchandise and filling prescriptions.
• Ensure optical operations are aligned with company and regulatory standards for prescriptions and claims, doctor and optician certifications/licensure, and associate training.
• Guide associates and support managers on how to address customer and member concerns and merchandise defects.
• Meet with managers, doctors, and associates to identify and discuss any concerns and issues related to the business and to share information related to new initiatives.
• Effectively recruit doctors in partnership with Market Directors.
• Create a culture of patient care, safety, and accuracy.
• Communicate clear expectations regarding quality of care and patient safety.
• Ensure others are held accountable for following standard operating procedures (SOP) and achieving expected quality and patient safety goals.
• Ensure counseling (providing information related to the health service provided) occurs on new therapy (new items) and as requested by patients or required by practice or state regulations, including appropriate documentation.
• Analyze and identify areas of improvement needed and implement intervention steps to improve team knowledge and focus on patient safety and risk reduction.
• Promote reporting and transparency of errors whether actual or patient perceived.
• Write timely and effective plans of action focused on identification and correction of root cause.
• Create and foster an environment centered on health care compliance execution.
• Actively communicate, train, and guide the processes for completion and follow-up on compliance initiatives to associates within Health and Wellness and other associates as applicable to the respective health care business.
• Implement compliance initiatives and priorities and monitor compliance execution by others.
• Ensure appropriate operational execution of billing procedures, HIPAA compliance adherence, and standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Utilize auditing processes to identify compliance issues and implement processes for improvement.

Benefits

• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree