Job Details
Optometrist
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| Type: | Tribal |
| Salary Range: | $128,700 to $187,800 / Per Year |
| Open Period: | 12/22/2023 to 5/26/2024 |
| Summary: |
LOCATION AND LIFESTYLE:
• Live and work on the beautiful Navajo Reservation, near national parks and forests, canyon country, ski area a day trip away
• The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment and a rewarding career in an underserved area
• Easy drive to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Snowbowl ski area, Las Vegas
• Easy access to hiking, biking, fishing, skiing
• Excellent work/life balance
• Very close, collaborative professional staff
The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community. The Clinical Optometrist is responsible for providing eye care to patients at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) service unit (includes Tuba City & Sacred Peaks facilities). |
| Duties: | 1. Diagnosis of visual and ocular problems through external and internal physical evaluation of the eye and adnexa. 2. Treatment of visual, ophthalmic, and related disorders through prescription of corrective lenses, pharmacological therapy and other standard treatments, consistent with granted privileges. 3. Provision of emergency eye care including diagnosis and treatment of ocular trauma or pathology on an outpatient basis consistent with granted clinical privileges. 4. Referral of patients requiring medical or surgical services to the appropriate medical specialty. 5. Completion of accurate patient care notes and billing documents, which comply with professional, federal, and other applicable guidelines. 6. Provision of care to inpatients consistent with clinical privileges or in assistance to ophthalmologist. 7. Responsible for timely electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role. 8. Performs other related duties as assigned. |
| Qualifications: | Education: • Doctor of Optometry Degree (OD) from an accredited school. • Must hold a therapeutic pharmaceutical level optometry license. • Must have completed an accredited optometry residency program. License: Must possess and maintain a current and unrestricted license to practice as an optometrist in any state within the United States, District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Experience: Must be proficient in the diagnosis and management of common ocular diseases including conjunctival and corneal disease, anterior uveitis, retinal vascular disease (including diabetic ocular complications), optic nerve disease (including glaucoma), retinal degenerations (including macular degeneration), retinal tears and detachments, as well as routine comprehensive eye exams. Credentialing: Must be a credentialed member of the Medical Staff by meeting the criteria for Credentialing and Privileging in accordance by TCRHCC Medical Staff Bylaws. |
| Work Type: | Permanent, Full |
| Announcement #: | 2023 - 1097 |
| Who May Apply? | All Groups of Qualified Individuals |
| Get Details & Apply: | https://careers-tchealth.icims.com/jobs/1097/optometrist/job?mode=view |
Contact
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| Name: | Yellowhorse, Tasheena |
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