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AvaMed, Inc

Optometrist

AvaMed, Inc, Delano, California, United States, 93215

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Position Details

Title:

Optometrist

Employment Type:

Full Time

Location:

Delano, CA

Schedule:

1 day a week Monday‑Friday, 7am‑5pm

Rate:

$105/hr

Status:

1099 Weekly Pay via Direct Deposit

Job Description

Temporary/Relief Optometrist responsibilities:

Ensure all ordered Optometry services are scheduled consistently with the Optometry need. Once scheduled, service shall be delivered at the time scheduled unless unavoidable circumstances occur.

Provide examination, diagnosis, treatment, prescription information, and simple repairs only, in accordance with Business and Professions Code § 3041 et al.

Refer, upon approval of the Institution/Facility CEO/CME or designee, patient/youth for consultation, diagnosis, treatment(s), and/or surgery to CDCR/CCHCS contract physicians and/or healthcare facilities. Medical/surgical emergencies where contract provider(s) are not immediately available are exempt.

Maintain continuity of all work performed from start to finish.

Provide Optometry visual services and diagnoses and treatment for the following specific conditions: allergies, infectious diseases, and non‑systematic inflammations of the conjunctiva, using diagnostic agents and topical products (e.g., miotics, lubricants, non‑steroidal anti‑allergy agents, non‑steroidal anti‑inflammatories, antibiotic agents, and hyperosmotics), in accordance with Chapter 7 of the Business and Professional Code and National Standards.

Optometry services shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

Complete Optometry/Optometric evaluation/diagnostic assessment.

Full Examination

Preliminary Testing:

Visual Acuity, History, Visual Field Services with appropriate diagnostic equipment

Cover Test at 20' and 16'

Near Point Convergence

Rotations

Pupils

Tonometry (equipment and supplies provided by Institution)

Ophthalmoscopy (undilated)

Refraction

Retinoscopy

Subjective

Muscle Balance

Near Point Add

PD and Segment Height Measurement

Partial Examination

Anterior Segment Exam

Glaucoma Evaluation (e.g., Tonometry and Ophthalmoscopy, performing monitoring of glaucoma patients)

Retinal Disease Evaluation

Additional Services

Recheck

Verification of prescription

If an error in the prescription is found, Temporary/Relief Optometrist will redo refraction

Mechanical Adjustments & Repair (Institution/Facility will supply replacement materials)

Fittings

Adjustment of frames

Simple repair (e.g., replacing lenses into frames, replace nose pad, etc.)

Optometry examination and writing/issuance of prescription.

Optometric treatment such as medication, face‑to‑face therapy, including ocular health examination of diabetic patient/youth (dilate Fundoscopy and recommendations for to retinal specialist when indicated).

Development of an individual treatment plan and coordination of professional and para‑professional services (includes frame selection, dispensing and fitting of corrective lenses and/or contact lenses when medically necessary and approved by the Institution/Facility CEO/CME or designee).

Ongoing evaluation and prognostication.

Provide ophthalmic referrals when professionally indicated.

Emergency ocular services for trauma or systemic disease including coordination of treatment plan with staff physicians, but only during clinic hours.

Follow‑up services.

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