Optometrist

Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center (TVHC), Inc is a community-based health center committed to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to diverse communities. Join TVHC and make a direct impact in your community by delivering equitable and high-quality comprehensive patient-centered care. Performs routine procedures using independent professional judgment in the practice of optometry within the scope of the laws of the state of California, the rules and regulations of the California Board of Optometry, and the policies of Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center.

Compensation: $135,200 - $153,920 annualized, depending on experience.

TVHC offers compensation ranges that are determined by a thorough market-based analysis and are fully disclosed in accordance with California law. The pay for a selected candidate is determined by a variety of factors to ensure fair and equitable compensation. These factors include the candidate's experience, education, skills, training, licensure, certifications, and the specific scope of the role. We are committed to providing a competitive compensation package that extends beyond base salary, designed to support the health, wealth, and career development of our employees.

Responsibilities:

• Examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases and disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures related to systemic conditions, including diabetes and hypertension
• Prescribe eyeglasses and therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision
• Conduct and document history, measuring refractive error, conducting visual & confrontational fields, pupil testing, ocular mobility testing, slit lamp examination, direct & indirect ophthalmoscopy, gonioscopy, applanation tomography, and tear function testing
• Perform and analyze visual fields, OCT tomography, topography, and ocular photography
• Perform eye exams on all ages, ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics
• Use observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents to diagnose ocular diseases and other ocular abnormalities
• Provide contact lens evaluation of spherical, toric, and multifocal soft and hard lenses
• Interpret data from clinical exam, analyze test results, and develop a treatment plan
• Perform other related duties such as completing school forms, DMV, and other like documents.
• Order and review lab results
• Train assistants to perform screening and other functions as appropriate.
• Educate and counsel patients on ocular pathology, contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors
• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.

Requirements

• Requires valid California Optometry license.
• DPA, TPA, and Glaucoma certified
• BLS Certification required.
• Prior EPIC chart experience is a plus

Qualifications:

• Bilingual in Spanish/English is a preferred, but not required
• Knowledge of optometric methods, procedures, practices
• Cultural competence working in diverse communities
• Ability to perform eye examinations on children and adults
• Ability in exercising sound judgment in quickly evaluating emergency situations; in rendering prompt decisions
• Ability to write concisely and legibly; communicate effectively; and relate congenially to patients and staff
• Ability to travel to other clinics as needed.

Benefits

We offer excellent benefits including: medical (100% paid co-payments, premiums, etc.), dental, vision (including dependent and domestic partner coverage), generous paid leave benefits including holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement plans with an Employer match, tuition reimbursement, monthly treats, pet insurance, and more.

Loan repayment/forgiveness candidacy is available as our service area qualifies as a Medically Underserved Area (MUA) and a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) through the National Health Service Corp (NHSC) loan repayment program. To learn more, visit the following link: www.nhsc.hrsa.gov