Travel Optometrist

Optometry Position at Blackfeet Community Hospital

Pay rate: $4,600.00 - $5,000.00 gross per week

Number of positions: 1

Specialty: Optometry

Location: Blackfeet Community Hospital

Start date: ~ 60 days after offer

Travel: All inclusive - potentially shared housing with roommates.

Assignment length: 3 months+

EMR: RPMS

Schedule: M-F 8am-4:30pm, excluding federal holidays, no weekends, no OT

Additional details about the position:

Potentially managing complex conditions:

• Urgent issues which require medical/therapeutic management, traumas, post ops, glaucoma, macular degeneration, uveitis, diabetic retinopathy. Lash epilation, punctal dilation/irrigation, corneal and conjunctival FB removals, bandage CLs, pressure patch.

Official scope:

• Performing comprehensive eye examinations and refractions.
• Diagnosing and managing ocular diseases, visual disorders, and injuries.
• Prescribing corrective lenses and therapeutic medications as permitted by licensure.
• Performing and interpreting diagnostic tests such as visual fields, fundus photography, and OCT.
• Documenting all patient encounters in the Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) or other IHS electronic health record systems.
• Providing patient education and preventive eye health counseling.
• Coordinating with other medical providers for referrals, co-management, and follow-up care.

Supporting BFSU quality improvement and public health vision programs as needed.

Support staff:

• Currently one eye doctor on staff, one receptionist, one tech in optical. There is no support staff for the exams.

Optometrist does every test from start to finish:

• Calling patients back to the rooms
• Acuities
• Lensometer
• IOP
• Field testing
• OCT
• Optos
• Autorefractor
• FDT

There is no ophthalmology on site. Nearest one is over 100 miles away.

Experience requirements:

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent clinical experience preferred.

Certification requirements:

• BLS (AHA)

Licensure requirement:

• Doctor of Optometry (OD) from an accredited institution.
• Current, unrestricted license to practice optometry in any U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia
• ANY STATE LICENSE

About the facility:

Achieve sustainable growth in our businesses to support shareholders in their journey to economic self-sufficiency, actively manage our lands, and uphold our cultural traditions and values.

Benefits: (NurseStar Covers 50% of your monthly benefit cost)

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Travel reimbursement
• Vision insurance