Optometrist

Full Job Description

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System LTC. Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Optometrist for the Toledo, OH CBOC. The Optometrist will function within Surgical Service.

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.

Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education.

Degree of Doctor of Optometry resulting from a course of education in optometry.

The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools or colleges approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the year in which the course of study was completed.

Approved schools are United States and Canadian schools or colleges of optometry listed as accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE), in the list published for the year in which the course of study was completed.

Licensure/Registration. (1) Licensure and Registration.

Optometrists must possess a current, full and unrestricted license to practice optometry, and maintain a current registration in a state, territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia that requires successful passage of all parts of National Board of Examiners in Optometry intended for basic licensure.

The Optometrist must maintain current registration in the state of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure. Residency Training or Comparable Experience.

Optometrists must have successfully completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of VA in an accredited post-graduate training program, or have comparable experience, as described below: (1) Approved residencies are those with accredited or within pre-accredited status by the ACOE, in the list published for the year the residency was completed.

OR (2) Two years of licensed clinical optometric practice in the United States consisting of active involvement in the management of medically complex patients. English Language Proficiency.

Proficiency in spoken and written English. Preferred Experience: Optometrists must be US citizens and be graduates of an ACOE accredited optometry school with a Doctor of optometry (OD) degree.

They must hold a full, current and unrestricted License as an Optometrist in a state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States of America or District of Columbia.

Completion of a residency or the equivalent clinical experience is strongly preferred.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: The employee must possess both fine and gross motor skills to properly operate the ophthalmic equipment. It requires standing, sitting, walking, and carrying light items.

It requires the ability to sit and operate a computer. It requires the ability to push a wheelchair and assist patients in an age-specific manner.

It requires the vision to detect fine detail and good listening skills to talk and gather information from the patient. Major Duties:

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Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting The optometrist provides comprehensive eye and vision care to eligible Veterans and beneficiaries.

This includes- but is not limited to a full exercise of credentials for correction of vision, evaluation and treatment of eye diseases and disorders that are within the scope of the optometrist's clinical privileges, and providing rehabilitative care, if applicable.

The optometrist is expected to provide high quality and efficient eye care in a multidisciplinary healthcare setting.

This includes the ordering and interpretation of laboratory, radiologic and other studies as appropriate, and referrals to ophthalmology subspecialties and/or health professionals in other disciplines.

This care will primarily occur in Toledo, Ohio in the Toledo VA Outpatient Clinic's ambulatory Eye Clinic setting during regularly scheduled tour hours, but may include off-tour hours for emergency call, as needed.

The optometrist may perform reading of asynchronous eye screening images, provided the incumbent has been appropriately trained and certified and the reading is delineated and approved in the optometrist's clinical privileges.

The optometrist may also manage an array of administrative tasks, including- but not limited to triaging eye clinic consults and managing coordination of care for Veterans receiving care in the community, or various other tasks, as needed.

Work Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.