Optometrist - Sam's

Position Summary

Provides evidence‑based vision care to ensure patients' health and wellbeing by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options, for example red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery, using evidence‑based care guidelines. Delivers routine vision care, educates patients and store associates on eye health including contact lens care, disease state management, and safety factors. Recommends appropriate patient follow‑up, consults with other health professionals to prepare and coordinate patient care plans in accordance with optometry scope of practice per state board.

Provides patients with appropriate referrals as needed to ophthalmologists and other healthcare professionals and follows 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, perception, focus, and coordination as well as identify signs of vision defects for example injury, disease, abnormality.

Prescribes fitting and adjusting eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids, suggests ordering, interpreting, and assessing diagnostic tests for example glaucoma testing, macular degeneration (Optical Coherence Tomography OCT) providing additional vision treatment for example foreign body removal as necessary. Developing treatment plans based on patients clinical presentation using evidence‑based care guidelines.

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, assisting vision center staff for example opticians on best practices and procedures 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 healthcare professionals to ensure overall coordinated and integrated patient care experience and high quality customer service.

• Respect the individual:
  Builds high‑performing teams, embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected through a culture of belonging, creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform.
• Respect the individual:
  Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Respect the individual:
  Attracts and retains the best talent, empowers and develops talent, and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
• Act with Integrity:
  Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics