Optometrist

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

What If You Could Focus on Patient Care and Leave the Administrative Headaches Behind?

HealthDrive is seeking a Full-Time or Part-Time Optometrist (up to 5 days/week) to join our team serving residents in Asheville, NC and the surrounding Western North Carolina communities .

 

As an Optometrist with HealthDrive, we hand you a practice. You'll step into an established patient base from day one and enjoy the support of a dedicated team that handles scheduling, billing, and administrative responsibilities. This allows you to focus on what matters most, delivering exceptional patient care and building meaningful relationships with your patients.

 

For more than 30 years, HealthDrive has been a leader in providing on-site healthcare services to residents in nursing homes, assisted living communities, skilled nursing facilities, and long-term care settings. Our providers enjoy the flexibility, clinical autonomy, and support needed to build a rewarding and sustainable career.

 

Whether you're looking to maximize your earning potential or create a better work-life balance, HealthDrive offers the flexibility and stability to practice on your terms.

Highlights

• Opportunity to earn $175,000+ annually
• $10,000 Sign-On Bonus (prorated based on days worked)
• Established patient base
• Flexible scheduling
• No evenings, weekends, or holiday call
• Clinical autonomy
• Dedicated provider support team
• Paid malpractice insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Mission-driven organization

What Our Providers Say

"One of the things I appreciate most about HealthDrive is that I have time for my family and don't have to worry about the administrative side of the business. I get to focus on my patients while HealthDrive takes care of the rest."

- HealthDrive Provider

 

 

Responsibilities

Role Overview & Responsibilities for Optometrist:

• Conduct comprehensive exams, diagnose, treat and manage age-related ocular diseases, injuries and disorders of the eye.
• Traditional daily patient care will also include vision testing and prescribing spectacle lenses.
• Complete required patient and clinical documentation in our optometry electronic medical record system.
• Responsible for applying proper coding guidelines and populating appropriate billing codes for services provided to patients.
• Adheres to OSHA guidelines regarding patient care, disposal of materials, and sterilization of equipment.

Qualifications

• Qualifications:

  • Optometry background with proficiency in the assessment, treatment, management and evaluation of eye conditions and disorders.
  • Ability to work independently on a daily basis.
  • Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Ability to use EMR, text, email, the internet and to learn other healthcare related software.
  • Self starter attitude with the desire to deliver quality, thoughtful and attentive care.

   

   

  Physical Requirements for Optometrist:

  • Ability to stand, to bend, and to lift.
  • Ability to transport optometry equipment (maximum of 15 lbs.).
  • May be occasionally required to transport patients in wheelchairs.

   

  Education & Qualifications:

  • O.D.
  • Current State professional license.
  • Valid driver’s license.

   

  Travel:

  This is a mobile position. Daily travel is based on the patient care requirements for the specified service area; your Practice. A valid driver’s license and the ability to drive significant distances on occasion is required.

   

  Benefits:

  • Mission driven organization
  • Uncapped Earning Potential
  • No night / No weekend / No holiday call
  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance for providers who work 4+ days per week
  • 401K program for providers who work 3+ days per week
  • Paid malpractice insurance
  • Full-time and Part-time options for flexible work schedule
  • Mileage reimbursement

   

  HealthDrive is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

   

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