Optometrist

SummaryThe Optometrist provides comprehensive eye and vision care to eligible veterans presenting in clinic or on inpatient wards and during scheduled regular hours. This includes but is not limited to a full exercise of credentials for correction of vision - treatment of eye diseases and disorders that are within the scope of the optometrist's clinical privileges and providing rehabilitative care if applicable.DutiesVA offers a comprehensive total rewards packageMajor include but are not limited to: Delivering high quality primary optometric & vision care services as delineated in the clinical privilegesExamining eyes - lids - adnexa - and the visual systems of patientsProviding basic low vision evaluation and servicesDiagnosing - managing and treating refractive conditions - binocular functions - ocular diseases and conditions - ocular complications of systemic disease - etcOrdering diagnostic ocular imagingProviding patient & family education regarding ocular health issuesReferring patients to ophthalmology for diagnosis - treatment and management of systemic and ocular conditions revealed through optometric examinationsEvaluating - managing and triaging emergent - non-surgical eye conditionsManaging patients referred with complaints typical of routine eye care disordersPerforming health services and mandated examinations such as diabetic retinopathy & glaucoma screeningsConducting clinical evaluations such as: medical & ocular historyvisual acuity measurementpupillary function testingcolor vision testingextraocular muscle function & binocularity testingrefractive & accommodative testingexternal examination of the eye & adnexal structuresbiomicroscopic evaluation of the ocular adnexa - anterior - and/or posterior segments of the eye - including gonioscopic & fundus lens evaluationophthalmoscopic - tonometric - & perimetric evaluationsetcCollaborating with other optometrists - ophthalmologists - nursing staff - technicians & administrators to facilitate operations within the service to meet common goalsWork Schedule: Tour of Duty will fall between Monday and Friday and will include two days of working 8:00am - 4:30pm and a third day of working 8:00am - 12:00pmThe scheduled days are flexible and can be discussed at the interviewTelework: Not AvailableVirtual: This is not a virtual positionRelocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not AuthorizedPermanent Change of Station (PCS): Not AuthorizedContract: No Physician Employment Contract.