Optometrist

This is a full-time W2 long-term placement position. HCA offers health benefits paid time off and paid holidays; as well as company paid STD & LTD.

Regular schedule with no weekends rotating shifts or holidays. All daylight hours working Monday through Friday 8 hour days x 5 days per week totally 40hrs per week. Typical working hours would be 700a - 330p with 30-minute lunch.

JOB DUTIES:

Provide optometry services commensurate with community standards which include but are not limited to:

Routine Refractions

Eye Examinations

Fundoscopic Examinations

Tonometry Examinations

Diagnose AICs

Treatment of AICs

Prescribe appropriate medications allowed by law and BOP Policy

Obtain signed refusals if the AICs refuse care

Prescribing eyeglasses & contact lenses based on BOP policy/Guidelines

Place consults for follow-up appointments

If any eye pathologies are noted the contractor(s) will place appropriate referral services to the onsite Primary Care

Provider or Clinical Director

Document all AICs contact clinical notes appropriately

Complete clinical documentation onsite the same day the AICs are examined

Provide adjustments to eye wear

Will utilize the Bureaus Electronic Medical Record for all clinical documentation

Responsible for communicating with assigned staff immediately if an AICs fail to show for the clinic.

Alert staff at the end of each clinic day of any orders placed for contacts or glasses

Education and Experience

Individuals providing optometry services under the contract award must meet all the following requirements:

1. Education: Applicants must have a Doctor of Optometry degree from an educational program that is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) at the time the degree was obtained.

2. Licensure: Applicants must have a current professional license that permits him/her to practice the professional specialty of Optometry in Kentucky.

3. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

Preferred qualifications and experience include:

1. Experience in providing healthcare in a correctional setting.

2. Additional professional education and certifications.