Ophthalmology Optometrist Job with Veterans Health Administration in Erie, PA

Erie VA Medical Center located on a 20-acre site in an exclusive residential area, overlooking the city and Presque Isle Bay. The Medical Center is a general medical and surgical facility that provides a full range of primary care services. An outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic provides individual and group counseling services, PTSD, substance abuse, suicide prevention, and chronically mental illness treatment. The Medical Center supports a Geriatrics & Extended Care program with Community Living Centers, respite, inpatient hospice, rehabilitation, home based primary care, care coordination home telehealth, geriatric and evaluation management services.

• This position may be approved for a relocation or recruitment incentive*
  
  

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.

Work-Life Balance; Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Available)

Major duties include but are not limited to :

• Conducting primary ocular health examinations including dilated eye exams for diabetic eye care, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and other related conditions prevalent in a hospital-based eye clinic.
• Primary eye and vision care services consist of: prescribing and ordering eyeglasses, ordering diagnostic imaging and laboratory studies; preparing referrals for diagnosis, treatment, and management of systemic and ocular conditions revealed through optometric examination; patient and family health education.
• Components of primary optometric eye and vision care include: emergency care (evaluating/managing/triaging emergent, not-surgical eye conditions); problem-oriented care (managing patients referred with complaints of typical routine disorders); preventive health services (performing mandated examinations such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma screenings).
• Clinical procedures employed include: medical and ocular history; visual acuity measurement; pupillary function testing; color vision testing; extraocular muscle function and binocularity testing; refractive and accommodative testing; external examination of the eye and adnexal structures; biomicroscopic evaluation of the ocular adnexa, anterior, and/or posterior segments of the eye, including gonioscopic and fundus lens evaluation; ophthalmoscopic, tonometric, and perimetric evaluations.
• Performing administrative components of patient care management, including timely completion of progress notes, consults & encounters for all patients, appropriate documentation in medical records, referrals as needed, etc.
• Participating in various tele-optometry initiatives in conjunction with Connected Care.
  
  

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

EDRP: Student Loan Reimbursement- Up to $200,000 Education Debt Repayment

Pay Range: $73,939 - $137,000 per year

Paid Time Off:50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement:Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure:1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

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