Optometrist - Matrix Providers

Matrix Providers is hiring an Optometrist to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families at the Naval Medicine Readiness & Training Unit Portsmouth, Kittery, ME

THE GOVERNMENT WILL ACCEPT ANY STATE LICENSE

• Setting: Optometry Division within the Occupational Health Department
• Compensation: $85.00 - $92.00 per hour
• Sign On Bonus Eligible
• Relocation Assistance Included!
• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week (will consider part time applicants for this role)
  • No Nights
  • No weekends

Optometrist minimum qualifications:

• Degree: Doctor of Optometry.
• Education: Graduate from a school or college approved by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) of the American Optometric Association.
• Certification: Possess a certification to use Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in the last 3 years
  • Experience with post-operative refractive surgery to include familiarity with Excimer laser, photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), patient selection, and co-management of refractive surgery patients to include pre-op testing and referrals for LASIK/PRK along with some follow-up as needed (estimate 10-15% of patient volume).
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as an optometrist.

Job Summary:

• Examine, diagnose, treat or prescribe courses of treatment for those suffering from diseases, injuries, or disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures, as well as diagnose related systemic conditions.
• Promote prevention and wellness, vision conservation, education and training activities, vision screenings, and positive eye and vision health behaviors.
• Conduct vision research in a problem area of considerable scope and complexity, which requires novel approaches and results in answers to important questions or significant changes in existing methods and techniques.
• Advise and make professional clinical recommendations as to courses of action on problems and considerations of national scope in all areas of optometry.
• Provide a full spectrum of clinical services to treat the most complex optometric-related patient conditions.

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