Summary
Responsible for providing comprehensive eye care to patients. This position reports to the Chief Medical Officer.
Responsibilities
- Conduct complete vision exams.
- Identify visual alertness, field of vision
- Diagnose sight problems.
- Assess patients for signs of disease.
- Prescribe corrective lenses as appropriate.
- Prescribe medications for ocular diseases and disorders.
- Educate patients on diagnoses, products, and services to promote visual health.
- Document services provided, prescriptions, treatment plans, and referrals.
- Practices team-based care
- Attends required staff meetings
- Attends required training meetings
- Participates in Health Center’s Quality Improvement processes
- Is invested in fostering patient self-management including involving the PCMH Care Model.
- Attend meetings at which Health Center, PCMH, and best-practice procedures and business agenda are addressed.
- Attend Performance Improvement Team and other QI committees as assigned
- Support and show gratitude to all coworkers.
- Agree to ask for help when needed and ask questions to learn; be willing to grow in your role and position at SCRFHC.
- Be part of the solution.
- Believe and participate in change and be willing to engage in improvement process.
- Model effective teamwork and collaborative communication.
- Provide respectful feedback (in a private setting) when encountering conflicts; ask for help from supervisor as needed.
- Understand and value that everyone’s role is important and contributes to the whole organization.
- Be willing to learn, cross train, and share knowledge.
- Model positivity.
- Understand that body language matters.
- Forgive and learn from failure.
- Agree to be flexible and adapt to organizational changes.
- Be mindful of challenges and burdens other colleagues may be facing and be kind.
- Successfully complete SCRFHC credentialing process and re-credentialing as necessary.
- Maintain licensure in good standing during entire employment.
- Complete mandatory training as assigned.
- Maintain knowledge of best practices and innovations in Optometry through CME or other resources.
Qualifications
- Graduate of accredited school of optometry (O.D.) with valid Maine license.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience as Optometrist preferred.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
- In depth knowledge of eye-related disorders and conditions.