Optometrist - Part Time

Company: VieMed Healthcare Staffing
Location: Kittery
Posted on: May 6, 2025

Job Description:

Ready to make your next career move? VieMed Healthcare Staffing is a premier staffing agency that specializes in connecting skilled professionals with healthcare facilities, ensuring seamless continuity of care and unparalleled service delivery. We are committed to quality, reliability, and integrity for both our candidates and clients. Join us in our mission to elevate healthcare staffing to new heights. We take care of you, so you can take care of others.

You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.

VHS is looking for a qualified Optometrist.
City: Kittery
State: ME
Start Date: 2025-05-30
End Date: 2025-10-01
Duration: Minimum 1 year contract with option to extend
Shift: PT Days Monday thru Friday, 20 hours per week
Skills: Optometry
1099 Pay Rate: $88.00/hr *W-2 package available upon request
Certification Requirements: Please confirm credential requirements with VHS upon application.

At VieMed, Live Your Life isn't just a company tagline. It's a passionate commitment to improving the lives of every patient and employee.

Benefits Include:
Competitive Pay Packages
Weekly Pay Schedule via Direct Deposit
Comprehensive Medical Benefits (W-2)
Dental and Vision Supplemental Benefits (W-2)
401(k) with match (W-2)
Robust Referral Bonus Program
24/7 Dedicated team committed to your success throughout your time with VHS
Paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state, federal and local laws (W-2)
Licensure, certification, travel and other reimbursements when applicable

THE GOVERNMENT WILL ACCEPT ANY STATE LICENSE

Setting: Optometry Division within the Occupational Health Department
Schedule: Monday - Friday, PART TIME, 20 hours per week
No Nights
No weekends

Optometrist minimum qualifications:

Degree: Doctor of Optometry.
Education: Graduate from a school or college approved by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) of the American Optometric Association.
Certification: Possess a certification to use Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents.
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years of experience in the last 3 years
Experience with post-operative refractive surgery to include familiarity with Excimer laser, photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), patient selection, and co-management of refractive surgery patients to include pre-op testing and referrals for LASIK/PRK along with some follow-up as needed (estimate 10-15% of patient volume).
Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as an optometrist.

Job Summary:

Examine, diagnose, treat or prescribe courses of treatment for those suffering from diseases, injuries, or disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures, as well as diagnose related systemic conditions.
Promote prevention and wellness, vision conservation, education and training activities, vision screenings, and positive eye and vision health behaviors.
Conduct vision research in a problem area of considerable scope and complexity, which requires novel approaches and results in answers to important questions or significant changes in existing methods and techniques.
Advise and make professional clinical recommendations as to courses of action on problems and considerations of national scope in all areas of optometry.
Provide a full spectrum of clinical services to treat the most complex optometric-related patient conditions.

**VHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer ("EEO")/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/E-Verify Employer and welcomes all to apply** #LiveYourLife #VHSGOV

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