Optometrist - Physician - Manhattan, NY

Optometrist Position

Mount Sinai Health System is seeking an Optometrist to cover three locations in Manhattan!

At Mount Sinai Doctors - West 57th Street, this location combines a complete range of health services in the convenience of a Midtown location. With all the noise, color, flash and bustle of Times Square, Broadway and Rockefeller Center, Midtown is the neighborhood many picture first when they think of New York. Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Terminal and St. Patrick's Cathedral are all among the world's most recognizable destinations. The neighborhood is not just sightseeing, however: it also boasts top-flight restaurants and bars, including the Theatre District's Restaurant Row and rowdy Hell's Kitchen's bars and clubs.

Another practice will be located on West 53nd Street and 8th Ave. Hell's Kitchen is a neighborhood that is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the east, and the Hudson River to the west. Hell's Kitchen has become an increasingly upscale neighborhood of affluent young professionals as well as residents from the "old days." Ninth Avenue is noted for its many ethnic restaurants. There are more restaurants and food carts and trucks on Tenth Avenue between 43rd and 47th Streets. Hell's Kitchen's side streets are mostly lined with trees. A newer park in Hell's Kitchen is the Hudson Park and Boulevard, which is part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project.

Mount Sinai Doctors - Delancey Street is home for medical care on the Lower East Side. It provides primary and specialty care for adults and children. This facility offers ample space and on-site X-ray for a comfortable setting in which to receive comprehensive care. Patients are like an extended family, and it treats each with special care. This location has extended evening and Saturday hours as well as same-day appointments.

Under general direction of Ophthalmologist, examines, diagnoses treats and manages diseases, injuries and disorders of the visual system and associated structures as well as identifies related systemic conditions affecting the eye; corrects to maximum efficiency patients' medical visual problems through use of correct lenses, both spectacle and contact, and other optical aids. Treats patients having a full range of optometric problems and prescribes correction ranging from simple single vision lenses through prisms, iseikonic and aphakic lenses; assesses patients' physical and mental abilities and performs follow-up evaluations to determine whether the patient is appropriately.

Responsibilities

Patient Care:

• Under general direction of ophthalmologist, examines and diagnoses an independent patient load. Interviews and examines patients having a full range of vision problems, consulting medical charts when available.
• Determines, using a full field of optometric instruments and equipment, such things as patients' visual acuity; amplitude of accommodation; refractive state at far and near point; and accommodation, convergence, and binocular coordination at far and near point. Conducts fundus (living eye) through biomicroscopy, including viewing with fixed lens and camera. Evaluates intraocular pressure through applanation tonometry and other modalities.
• Employs ophthalmometry and other instruments for high astigmatic diagnosis; employs low vision aids such as telescopic and microscopic lenses for the correction of sub-normal vision;
• Optometrist determines proper remedial alternatives and discusses and interprets findings with patients and/or parents; suggests appropriate remedial method.
• Refers patients with indications of possible pathological condition to an Ophthalmologist for additional examination; discovers eye conditions caused by systemic problems, such as diabetes or hypertension and refer to other medical doctors. Consults with Ophthalmologist when appropriate. Treats eye conditions as regulated by State Law.
• Calculates proper prescription employing formulas ranging from those necessary to calculate simple single corrective lenses, through those necessary to calculate contact lenses, prisms, iseikonic and aphakic lenses.
• Good interpersonal manner and care is important during examination sessions in order to ensure accurate diagnose.

Qualifications

Instructing:

Instructs Resident Ophthalmologists and paramedical personnel in the field of ophthalmic instrumentation and optometric procedures by planning and developing a course of training under the direction of the Staff Ophthalmologist by conducting lectures and demonstrations.

Works in a dedicated room equipped with Ophthalmic Instruments.

Qualifications:

• Graduate from a fully accredited college of optometry.
• Job requires a knowledge of anatomy, optics, pharmacology, biochemistry and physiology and the use of drugs, ordinarily acquired through completion of pre-optometry degree.
• Specialty training in various fields of Optometry preferred.
• Must be licensed by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO).
• Ongoing continuing education courses are required to reflect technological advances, including surgery techniques, prescriptive medications and other medical treatments related to eye diseases and disorders.
• Work requires manual dexterity for use and maintenance of optometry equipment. Adequate physical strength required for adjusting optometry equipment and positioning of patients.

Compensation range from 120K to 140K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)

Salary Disclosure Information: Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, historical collections, and hospital/community need. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits.

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About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country'