Optometrist; Chugach Eye Clinic - Eagle River, AK

Pay Competitive

Employment type

Full-Time

• Req#: R-3546
• An excellent opportunity is available for an Optometrist at Chugach Eye Clinic, located in the picturesque town of Eagle River, Alaska—just outside of Anchorage. If you're a compassionate professional dedicated to a career of helping individuals see to their fullest and interested in exploring medical optometry, we invite you to consider this opportunity with Chugach Eye Clinic.

Why join us?

Established in 1960, this well-established practice offers a total eye care experience to the Eagle River community in a friendly, caring environment. Providing modernized quality patient care with the utmost attention to customer and employee satisfaction is one of Chugach Eye Clinic's top priorities. The professionals offer comprehensive primary care optometry with an increasing focus on medical optometry. To continue providing top-notch service and support practice expansion, Chugach Eye Clinic is looking for an Optometrist to join the team of five professionals.

What you do:

Working 16 to 32 hours weekly, you'll care for patients in a tech-forward, modern clinic and perform primary practitioner duties for all aspects of eye care, such as prescribing glasses and contacts, managing ocular diseases, and surgical co-management. On average, 12 to 18 patients are cared for daily. You'll also have access to optical coherence tomography, topography, visual fields, Optos, electronic medical records, and additional medical technology to manage ocular health.

Who we're seeking:

Chugach Eye Clinic is searching for an efficient, tech-savvy Optometrist who can provide quality care and individualized vision solutions to meet the needs of all patients. To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate leadership, communication, interpersonal skills, and compassion for patient health and safety. The ideal candidate will be ambitious, responsible, service-oriented, community-involved, and willing to integrate new techniques and innovations that improve patient care and services.

Minimum qualifications:

• Optometry license in the state of Alaska
• OD degree from an accredited university

Chugach Eye Clinic is offering an excellent compensation package:

• Competitive base pay
• Potential for production bonus
• Malpractice insurance coverage
• Relocation stipend
• Continuing education stipend annually
• Potential future partnership or ownership opportunity

This is not a career opportunity with VSP Vision or its companies. VSP Vision is helping Premier Program providers recruit qualified applicants for their private practices. The hiring decision and acceptance of this position is solely between the hiring practice and the applicant.

The above information in this description was provided by the hiring practice. It has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this role. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees hired in this role.

VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.