(USA) Optometrist - Sam's

Walmart • Springfield, MO

108d • $135,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Provides evidence-based vision care to ensure patients' health and wellbeing by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options, for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery using evidence-based care guidelines, delivering routine vision care, educating patients and store associates on eye health including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors. Recommending appropriate patient follow-up, consulting with other health professionals to prepare and coordinate patient care plans in accordance with optometry scope of practice per state board, providing patients with appropriate referrals as needed to ophthalmologists and other healthcare professionals, and following up with patients and other health professionals regarding any outstanding diagnostics tests or other patient information as needed. Evaluates patients' health condition across and within the full vision center scope of service, for example, visual acuity, visual function, and eye health, keratometry, refraction to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment by reviewing complete patient medical history information and performing comprehensive eye examinations. Examining eyes utilizing observation instruments and pharmaceutical agents to determine visual acuity and perception, focus and coordination, as well as identify signs of vision defects, for example, injury, disease, abnormality, prescribing, fitting, and adjusting eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids, suggesting ordering, interpreting, and assessing diagnostic tests, for example, glaucoma testing, macular degeneration, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), providing additional vision treatment, for example, foreign body removal as necessary. Developing treatment plans based on patients' clinical presentation using evidence-based care guidelines.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
• Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice.

Responsibilities

• Provides evidence-based vision care to ensure patients' health and wellbeing.
• Recommends and prescribes medications and treatment options.
• Delivers routine vision care and educates patients and store associates on eye health.
• Consults with health professionals to prepare and coordinate patient care plans.
• Evaluates patients' health conditions and performs comprehensive eye examinations.
• Prescribes, fits, and adjusts eyeglasses and contact lenses.
• Develops treatment plans based on clinical presentations.
• Maintains and updates patient information in vision center systems.
• Assists vision center staff on best practices and procedures.
• Performs administrative and retail tasks for the vision center.

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.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit program.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees