It's time to see optometry through a new lens. Walmart is revolutionizing healthcare and this your chance to be part of it. A Walmart Associate Optometrist is the clinical partner to the Vision Center Manager, and core to our mission of advancing eyecare affordably for everyone.
About The Optometry Team
We're looking for someone that shows autonomy and will forge the way to be a trusted part of the community, operating the business as if it were your own. Provide evidence-based vision care to ensure patient's health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery).
Educate patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors.
Consult with other health professionals to prepare patient care plans, observing optometry scope of practice per state board;
Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice.
Eagerness to embrace new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation.
Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include Continuing Education (CE), liability coverage, 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. Provides evidence-based vision care to ensure patient's health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery) using evidence-based care guidelines; educating patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors; consulting 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 patient 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 identify signs of vision defects (for example, injury, disease, abnormality); suggesting, ordering, interpreting, and assessing diagnostic tests (for example, glaucoma testing, macular degeneration, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)); referring patients with medical conditions outside of vision care services to appropriate community providers; Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; promoting a customer environment; 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; 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 (for example, pharmacist, clinics, store management) and external stakeholders (for example, external health care professionals) to ensure overall coordinated and integrated patient care experience and high quality customer service.
supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and supporting the Open Door Policy.
Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; Embraces new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation. This would be essential as we are integrating advanced technology such as digital phoropters, EMR, Maestro (OCT/retinal camera combo).
Judgment: Make Sound Judgments : Uses objective financial and business analyses to evaluate the returns and risks of business choices. Evaluates short- and long-term implications of decisions. Customer/Member Centered: Promote a Customer/Member-Focused Environment : Creates and maintains an environment that provides customers/members with desired products, services, and experiences. Combines experience, insight, and data to determine how to best exceed customer/member needs. Develops and implements initiatives, practices, and plans to capitalize on customer/member-focused growth and improvement opportunities. Ensures the removal of barriers to delivering exceptional customer/member value, service, and support.
Planning and Improvement: Advocate Planning and Continuous Improvement : Sets and communicates clear and aligned goals, monitors progress, and ensures leaders in own organization do the same. Develops and implements plans and practices to ensure others have the information, resources, implementation time, and talent needed to succeed. Ensures associates receive the communication and instruction needed to act in accordance with policies and procedures.
Adapts to competing demands and shifting priorities. Updates knowledge and skills to handle new complexities, challenges, and responsibilities (for example, seeking out training, learning from experience, researching best practices). Works through different strategic options and determines their intended and unintended implications, and applies to business planning. Responsibility and Reputation: Promote Reputation and Social Responsibility : Proactively leads volunteer activities, programs, and initiatives in order to improve the community. Seeks and maintains external relationships and alliances, strengthening the company's impact on and reputation in the community. Serves as a credible spokesperson, representative, and sponsor of the company to the public and the community.
Develops talent and replacement plans for own organization that increase effectiveness, build a strong talent pipeline, and enhance bench strength. Creates an environment where people processes (for example, performance management, development) are used effectively to improve associate performance and achieve desired results throughout own organization. Manages Optical Operations: Ensures adherence to proper policies and procedures for advising on merchandise and filling prescriptions. Ensures optical operations are aligned with company and regulatory standards for prescriptions and claims, doctor and optician certifications/licensure, and associate training. Guides associates and supports managers on how to address customer and member concerns and merchandise defects. Effectively recruits doctors in partnership with Market Directors.
Quality Patient Care-Facility: Creates a culture of patient care, safety, and accuracy. Communicates clear expectations regarding quality of care and patient safety. Ensures others are held accountable for following standard operating procedures (SOP) and achieving expected quality and patient safety goals. Ensures counseling (providing information related to the health service provided) occurs on new therapy (new items) and as requested by patients or required by practice or state regulations, including appropriate documentation. Analyzes and identifies areas of improvement needed and implements intervention steps to improve team knowledge and focus on patient safety and risk reduction. Compliance Focused Execution-Facility: Creates and fosters an environment centered on health care compliance execution. Actively communicates, trains, and guides the processes for completion and follow-up on compliance initiatives to associates within Health and Wellness and other associates as applicable to the respective health care business. Ensures appropriate operational execution of billing procedures, HIPAA compliance adherence, and standard operating procedures (SOP). Utilizes auditing processes to identify compliance issues and implement processes for improvement.
Provide evidence-based vision care to ensure patients health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery). Â Educate patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors. Consult with other health professionals to prepare patient care plans, observing optometry scope of practice per state board; Embraces new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation. This would be essential as we are integrating advanced technology such as digital phoropters, EMR, Maestro (OCT/retinal camera combo). Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school. Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice. Eagerness to embrace new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation. Judgment: Make Sound Judgments: Uses objective financial and business analyses to evaluate the returns and risks of business choices. Evaluates short- and long-term implications of decisions. Customer/Member Centered: Promote a Customer/Member-Focused Environment: Creates and maintains an environment that provides customers/members with desired products, services, and experiences. Combines experience, insight, and data to determine how to best exceed customer/member needs. Develops and implements initiatives, practices, and plans to capitalize on customer/member-focused growth and improvement opportunities. Ensures the removal of barriers to delivering exceptional customer/member value, service, and support. Planning and Improvement: Advocate Planning and Continuous Improvement: Sets and communicates clear and aligned goals, monitors progress, and ensures leaders in own organization do the same. Develops and implements plans and practices to ensure others have the information, resources, implementation time, and talent needed to succeed. Ensures associates receive the communication and instruction needed to act in accordance with policies and procedures. Adapts to competing demands and shifting priorities. Updates knowledge and skills to handle new complexities, challenges, and responsibilities (for example, seeking out training, learning from experience, researching best practices). Works through different strategic options and determines their intended and unintended implications, and applies to business planning.Social Responsibility and Reputation: Promote Reputation and Social Responsibility: Proactively leads volunteer activities, programs, and initiatives in order to improve the community. Seeks and maintains external relationships and alliances, strengthening the companys impact on and reputation in the community. Serves as a credible spokesperson, representative, and sponsor of the company to the public and the community. Develops talent and replacement plans for own organization that increase effectiveness, build a strong talent pipeline, and enhance bench strength. Creates an environment where people processes (for example, performance management, development) are used effectively to improve associate performance and achieve desired results throughout own organization. Manages Optical Operations: Ensures adherence to proper policies and procedures for advising on merchandise and filling prescriptions. Ensures optical operations are aligned with company and regulatory standards for prescriptions and claims, doctor and optician certifications/ licensure , and associate training. Guides associates and supports managers on how to address customer and member concerns and merchandise defects. Effectively recruits doctors in partnership with Market Directors. Quality Patient Care-Facility: Creates a culture of patient care, safety, and accuracy. Communicates clear expectations regarding quality of care and patient safety. Ensures others are held accountable for following standard operating procedures (SOP) and achieving expected quality and patient safety goals. Ensures counseling (providing information related to the health service provided) occurs on new therapy ( new items ) and as requested by patients or required by practice or state regulations, including appropriate documentation . Analyzes and identifies areas of improvement needed and implements intervention steps to improve team knowledge and focus on patient safety and risk reduction. Compliance Focused Execution-Facility: Creates and fosters an environment centered on health care compliance execution. Actively communicates, trains, and guides the processes for completion and follow-up on compliance initiatives to associates within Health and Wellness and other associates as applicable to the respective health care business. Ensures appropriate operational execution of billing procedures, HIPAA compliance adherence, and standard operating procedures (SOP). Utilizes auditing processes to identify compliance issues and implement processes for improvement. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. Live Better U is a Walmart-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. The annual salary range for this position is $135,000.00 - $200,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Complex Structure (based on external factors that create challenges) ㅤ
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