Optometrist (Clinical) (San Simon Health Center / Sells Hospital)

Job Description

Job Description

PLEASE NOTE - This position may require temporarily relocation to other TONHC Facilities : Sells Hospital, Santa Rosa Health Center, San Simon Health Center, and San Xavier Health Center.

Position Summary :

The Optometrist provides diagnostic, preventative, and / or therapeutic eye care services to the patients of the Tohono O'odham Nation Sells hospital and health care centers.

Scope of Work :

This position is located within the Tohono O'odham Nation Sells hospital and is organizationally assigned to TONHC health center facilities. The incumbent provides direct, primary, prevention, and therapeutic optometric care to the Tohono O'odham Nation patients. The position may require 50% travel to any of the four health care facilities-the incumbent reports to the Optometry Supervisor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities : (Depending on the area of assignment, an incumbent may not be required to perform some of the duties listed below) :

• Provides direct care to patients in a responsible, respectful and caring manner to diagnose optometric / ocular problems through external and internal physical evaluation of the eye and surrounding tissues.
• Independently provide comprehensive optometric services that utilize optometric procedures and instrumentation techniques to detect neuromuscular impairment or anomalies of binocular function.
• Treat visual disorders through examination, prescription of corrective lenses, vision training, and pharmacologic means.
• Responsible for reviewing case histories of patients, analyzing visual functions, far acuity, near acuity, a field of vision, depth of perception, ocular coordination, and color perception.
• Uses objective and subjective methods for detecting apparent ocular and systemic disease in the eyes and refers patients to the appropriate health professional upon diagnosing ocular manifestations of systemic disease.
• Prescribes vision aids, contact, and conventional lenses, and corrective eye exercises deemed necessary.
• Provide optometric services that require advanced instrumentation, procedures, and techniques to detect and correct unusual visual deficiencies.
• Consults with the Ophthalmology staff or private Ophthalmologist and medical practitioners as warranted.
• Record all patient care examinations, assessments, procedures, and care plans appropriate health records electronically and manually in compliance with professional standards.
• Provides guidance, direction, and support to facilitate the functions of the entire eye care staff.
• Follow Human Resources policies on EEO-related matters.
• Contribute to a team effort.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

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