Optometrist
Family Care Medical
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- 35000 - 45000
- Contract
- Updated 04/08/2022
- HRM
We are looking for an Optometrist to join our growing team. This individual will be passionate about our mission, enthusiastic about the challenges confronting the organization, and dedicated to achieving its goal. The Optometrist will provide full range of eye care within scope of expertise.
Optometrist – Job Advertisement
Our Mission and Core Values:
Our mission and purpose at Family Care Medical Services are to provide each client with unparalleled services, experiences, and quality health products to live healthily and feel their best. We devote ourselves to listening to our clients and going above to meet their needs. We believe that the residents of and visitors to the Turks & Caicos Islands community deserve world-class healthcare services.
Living this mission every day requires a fully engaged, knowledgeable, and trusting staff. From our patient care staff to our administrators, everyone at Family Care is on the frontlines of delivering innovative, quality healthcare characterized by being helpful, welcoming, teamwork-focused with every client. As we continue to grow, we are seeking results-oriented, high-performing members to join our team. The ideal team members are motivated by the opportunity to serve others, align with our mission, and share our core values.
About Us:
Founded in 2010, Family Care Medical Services is one of the largest private healthcare providers in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We offer a full range of primary and preventative healthcare services to thousands of residents and visitors yearly. We are currently expanding and innovating to serve our community in new and interesting ways. You are invited to join our small (approximately 15 persons) but rapidly growing team during this exciting period. By developing our capacity within your area of expertise and partnering with others on the team, you will have the opportunity to help us build a world-class service in new and interesting ways. We are evolving rapidly and invite you to join us during this exciting period.
About the Role:
We are looking for an Optometrist to join our rapidly growing team. This individual will be passionate about the company’s mission, enthusiastic about the challenges confronting the organization, and dedicated to achieving its goal. The Optometrist will provide full range of eye care within scope of expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Perform excellent comprehensive eye exams to ensure flawless accuracy in taking measurements and diagnosing ocular conditions
- Explain eye health and prescription terminology to patients
- Demonstrate exceptional product knowledge and effectively communicate features and benefits to patients
- Diagnose sight problems, such as near-sightedness or farsightedness, and eye diseases, such as glaucoma
- Provide treatments such as vision therapy or low-vision rehabilitation
- Provide pre- and postoperative care to patients undergoing eye surgery (i.e. examining a patient’s eyes the day after surgery)
- Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other visual aids, and if state law permits, medications
- Evaluate patients for the presence of other diseases and conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension, and refer patients to other healthcare providers as needed
- Promote eye and general health by counselling patients
Requirements:
- Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree
- Valid license to practice optometry in current country/state of residence
- 2+ years prior experience as Optometrist
- A strong sense of workplace professionalism and personal ethics
- Customer-service orientation with excellent interpersonal skills
- Excited by a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment
- Dedicated to making people healthy and happy
- Knowledgeable about (and eager to incorporate) new technology into your work
- Innovative, proactive, and entrepreneurial
Family Care Medical
- K101, Ventura Drive,, Grace Bay TKCA 1ZZ,, Turks & Caicos Islands