Physician Assistant - Mobile Optometry

Advanced Surgical Mobile Eye Care•Jacksonville, FL

5d•$100,000 - $180,000

About The Position

We are Advanced Surgical Mobile Eye Care and we are seeking a part-time physician assistant. We are a successful 25-year-old company in practicing optometry by traveling to local nursing homes in all these areas of Florida - Daytona, Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, and Sarasota. We are seeking and physician assistant for the Gainesville, Jacksonville, and St Augustine area. This is the perfect opportunity for someone interested in practicing medicine to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Imagine you can practice medicine to its fullest for patients that truly need care and who can not voice for themselves. This group of patients often gradually lose their eyesight and/or have eye infections unnoticed by staff or poorly treated by their nurses. They have a high rate of glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, blepharitis, and a plethora of other eye diseases. These patients often greet you with a big smile when their eyeglasses are dispensed. We are equipped with portable OCT, fundus camera, b-scan, and visual fields to diagnose and monitor eye diseases. If you are compassionate and love ocular pathology, you would be a perfect match for this mode of practice compared to conventional practices. About Us THE NEED IS GREAT Of all the senses, most people believe sight is the most precious. Yet, functional blindness is a grim reality for 17% of all nursing home residents. Another 19% have lesser forms of visual impairment. Many of these cases could have been helped with regular professional eye care. Most residents of long term care facilities are unable to walk or drive and cannot comfortably leave the facility for eye care. Many are physically unable to communicate that they are having eye problems. THE SOLUTION IS EASY Advanced Surgical Mobile Eye Care is a group of optometrists and technicians with over 20 years of experience servicing residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and intermediate care facilities as well residents with special needs and intellectually disabled. We are a comprehensive eye health and eye care service providing on-site visits. We specialize in the visual problems and treatment of the elderly and infirm and are well trained in examining them in a caring, gentle manner. Our state of the art mobile eye care units can be wheeled into the facility to examine patients in a common area or even in their beds. OUR GOAL Because good vision is integral to the highest possible quality of life, it is our mission to provide optical services to those residents of nursing facilities for whom transportation needs and physical limitations make traditional doctor’s visits difficult or impossible. Our goal is to prevent blindness, enhance vision, provide greater comfort and enjoyment of life to the patient and preserve vision through timely intervention of eye conditions. When vision is maximized, seniors are safer, more independent in daily activities and less demanding of the staff that cares for them.

Requirements

Masters Degree in Physician Assistant and certified to practice medicine in the state of Florida

Nice To Haves

Background in Optometry or Ophthalmology is a benefit but not required

Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant will provide ophthalmic patient care in nursing homes or assisted living facilities under the supervision of an ophthalmologist
Perform and assist with optometric procedures such as intravitreal injections and minor interventions
On average 20-25 patients daily with most exams being medical, short, and brief