(USA) Optometrist

Job Title (USA) Optometrist - Sam's Location 9400 Southwestern Ave, Evergreen Park, IL 60805-2509, United States of America Base Pay Range $135,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr Responsibilities Provides evidence‑based vision care to ensure patient health and wellbeing by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options. This includes procedures such as LASIK surgery, cataract surgery, and other evidence‑based care guidelines, delivering routine vision care, educating patients and store associates on eye health including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors, and recommending appropriate patient follow‑up. Consults with other health professionals to prepare and coordinate patient care plans in accordance with optometry scope of practice per state board, providing patients with appropriate referrals as needed to ophthalmologists and other healthcare professionals and following up with patients and other health professionals regarding any outstanding diagnostics tests or other patient information as needed. Evaluates patients’ health condition across and within the full vision center scope of service for example visual acuity, visual function, and eye health keratometry, refraction to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment by reviewing complete patient medical history information and performing comprehensive eye examinations examining eyes utilizing observation instruments and pharmaceutical agents to determine visual acuity and perception focus and coordination as well as identifying signs of vision defects for example injury, disease abnormality. Prescribes fitting and adjusting eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids; suggests ordering, interpreting, and assessing diagnostic tests such as glaucoma testing, macular degeneration, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); provides additional vision treatment for example foreign body removal as necessary; develops treatment plans based on patients’ clinical presentation using evidence‑based care guidelines. Represents the company in vision care and patient engagement by delivering exceptional customer service through all patient interactions, maintaining, and updating patient information in vision center systems for example BOSS in a timely, accurate, and confidential manner, assisting vision center staff for example opticians on best practices and procedures ensuring adherence to state, local, and federal healthcare regulations and Walmart vision center guidelines, performing administrative and retail tasks for the vision center as necessary, for example financial transactions, patient registration, retail transactions and working with internal stakeholders such as pharmacist, clinics, store management and external stakeholders for example external healthcare professionals to ensure overall coordinated and integrated patient care experience and high‑quality customer service. Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs, developing, communicating, building support for and implementing business strategies, plans and practices, analyzing costs and forecasts, and incorporating them into business plans, determining and supporting resource requirements, evaluating operational processes, measuring outcomes to ensure desired results, identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities, promoting a customer environment and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning. Qualifications Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from an accredited optometry school. Licensed optometrist in good standing in the state of practice. Preferred Qualifications Healthcare experience. Benefits Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company‑paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. PTO and/or PPTO can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays or other purposes. Amount varies with job classification and length of employment; it meets or exceeds the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. Other benefits include short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. Live Better U is an employer‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam’s Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, including English Language Learning and short‑form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Additional Compensation Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) based on location. Drug‑Free Workplace Policy Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace and have a no‑tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment. Seniority Level Entry level Employment Type Part‑time Job Function Health Care Provider Industry Retail #J-18808-Ljbffr