Job Description

Provides Direct Support To:
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Cavazos, TX

Duty Hours:
Monday through Friday
from 0630 – 1800

SUMMARY:
Serves as the full-time primary eye care provider for the Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program (WRESP) performing the full range of professional optometric duties with major emphasis in the pre-operative evaluation of refractive surgery patients and the post-operative evaluation and management of refractive surgery patients with the assistance of staff ophthalmologists.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree/Education (5.2.4): Doctor of Optometry. Graduate from a school or college approved by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) of the American Optometric Association.
• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support (5.2.3): None
• Experience: Performed one year in the last two years as an optometrist
• Board Certification (5.2.6.4.4): None required however the board certification recognized for optometrists is from the Fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO), American Board of Optometry (ABO), and The American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry (ABCMO).
• Licensure/Registration: Possess and maintain a current, valid, unrestricted license in any of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Additional licenses held by a provider must be in good standing whether they are inactive, expired, or limit the provider’s practice to a military setting.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
The duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Examine, diagnose, treat or prescribe courses of treatment for those suffering from diseases, injuries, or disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as well as diagnose related systemic conditions.
• Promote prevention and wellness, vision conservation, education and training activities, vision screenings, and positive eye and vision health behaviors.
• Conduct vision research in a problem area of considerable scope and complexity which requires novel approaches and which results in answers to important questions or important changes in existing methods and techniques.
• Advise and make professional clinical recommendations as to courses of action on problems and considerations of national scope in all areas of optometry.
• Provide full spectrum of clinical services to treat the most complex optometric related patient conditions.

Job Tags

Full time, Monday to Friday,

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