Mobile Optometrist

Job Description

Job Description

Mobile Pediatric Optometrist

MyEyeRx LLC | Metro Detroit, Michigan
$120 per hour | Part-Time / Contract | Mobile School-Based

Job Description

MyEyeRx LLC is hiring a Mobile Pediatric Optometrist to provide comprehensive eye care to children in schools throughout Metro Detroit and surrounding Michigan communities.

This is a mobile optometry position , not a traditional office-based role. The optometrist will travel to participating schools and provide on-site eye examinations for students.

We are looking for a compassionate, dependable optometrist who enjoys working with children and wants to help expand access to quality vision care.

What You'll Do

• Travel to schools and other designated community locations to provide eye care

• Perform comprehensive pediatric eye examinations

• Perform visual acuity testing and refraction

• Perform pediatric and cycloplegic examinations when clinically appropriate

• Evaluate ocular health and identify potential vision or eye health concerns

• Diagnose and manage vision and ocular conditions within the scope of practice

• Prescribe eyeglasses and appropriate vision correction

• Document patient encounters accurately and completely

• Communicate examination findings and recommendations to parents/guardians

• Make appropriate referrals when additional medical or ophthalmologic care is needed

• Work with MyEyeRx staff and school personnel to coordinate patient care

• Maintain patient confidentiality and follow HIPAA and applicable professional standards

• Provide a professional, positive experience for students and families

Qualifications

Required

• Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree

• Active Michigan Optometry license in good standing

• Current professional liability/malpractice coverage as required

• Ability to work effectively with pediatric patients

• Reliable transportation

• Willingness to travel to multiple school locations

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work independently in a mobile clinical environment

Preferred — Not Required

• Previous mobile optometry experience

• Previous school-based optometry experience

• Pediatric optometry experience

• Experience working with Medicaid patients

• Experience serving underserved or community-based populations

• Experience using portable/mobile optometry equipment

• Ownership of portable optometry equipment

Mobile optometry experience is preferred, but it is NOT required.

If you are an experienced optometrist who has primarily worked in a traditional office setting, we encourage you to apply. MyEyeRx can help you become familiar with our mobile school-based model.

Equipment

Having your own portable optometry equipment is preferred but not required .

If you already have equipment suitable for mobile eye examinations, that is a plus. If you do not own equipment, please apply anyway. MyEyeRx can work with qualified candidates regarding equipment and mobile clinical setup.

Compensation

$120 per hour

Part-time and contract opportunities are available.

School-based services are generally provided during school hours, with scheduling coordinated around participating schools and student appointments.

Why Work With MyEyeRx?

MyEyeRx is focused on bringing quality vision care directly into schools and communities.

Our mobile model helps remove barriers that can prevent children from receiving timely eye examinations and vision correction.

As a Mobile Pediatric Optometrist, you will have the opportunity to:

• Make a meaningful difference in children's lives

• Help identify vision problems that may affect learning and development

• Provide care directly in schools and communities

• Work in a flexible mobile clinical environment

• Help expand access to pediatric eye care

• Work with a team focused on improving access to vision services

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is:

• Compassionate and patient with children

• Dependable and professional

• Comfortable working independently

• Comfortable traveling between school locations

• Adaptable to different clinical environments

• An effective communicator

• Passionate about accessible healthcare

• Interested in community-based and mobile optometry

If you have mobile optometry experience and your own equipment, that's great. If you don't, we still want you to apply.

Position Details

Job Title: Mobile Pediatric Optometrist
Company: MyEyeRx LLC
Location: Metro Detroit and surrounding Michigan communities
Work Setting: Mobile / School-Based
Pay: $120 per hour
Employment Type: Part-Time / Contract
Travel: Required between participating school locations

Apply Today

If you're an optometrist looking for an opportunity to practice outside of the traditional office setting and make a direct impact on children's access to vision care, we'd like to hear from you.

Please submit your resume/CV or PDF through ZipRecruiter.

Join MyEyeRx and help us bring quality eye care directly to the children who need it.