Optometrist Specialist

At Harmony Healthcare Long Island, we are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare to our patients. As an Optometrist, you will play a vital role in our team, delivering high-quality care to individuals in our communities.

• Provide outpatient care for patients with eye-related disorders and conditions.
• Conduct routine eye examinations, including assessment of visual field tests.
• Determine each patient's visual acuity, field of vision, and hand-eye coordination.
• Take detailed medical histories for all patients, including current and past prescription medications.
• Evaluate eye-related symptoms, such as discharge, redness, and inflammation.
• Prescribe corrective lenses when required.
• Educate patients on proper eye care.
• Identify eye health safety factors that could impact vision, such as working around chemicals or in front of a computer.
• Advise patients about proper eye hygiene and care.
• Adheres to professional standards, practice policies, and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Ability to diagnose and treat eye-related disorders and conditions.
• Works as a team player assisting other staff providers with developing diagnosis and patient treatment options.
• Orders, performs, and interprets tests and analyzes records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' conditions.
• Obtain and maintain hospital privileges at Nassau University Medical Center in order to provide care for HHLI patients in the hospital setting.
• Records and maintains patient information such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Monitors patients' conditions and progress and re-evaluation treatments as necessary.
• Reviews health risk assessments (HRA's) to help determine a plan of care.
• Refers patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
• Participates in LEAN and other activities necessary to implement the multi-disciplinary patient-centered medical home approach for the care of patients.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

• Graduated from an accredited optometry school and licensed to practice in New York State.
• Board certified or board eligible status.
• At least 1-2 years of experience preferred.
• Ability to travel to other sites for coverage as needed.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish or Creole/French preferred.

This is an exempt position. Salary is commensurate with experience.