What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Assistant in Optometry position at Advanced Surgical Mobile Eye Care?
Benefits:
This is the perfect opportunity for someone interested in practicing ocular and vision care in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Imagine you can practice the 3 Os (Optical, Optometry and Ophthalmology) for patients who truly need eye care and who cannot advocate for themselves. This group of patients often gradually lose their eyesight and/or have eye infections unnoticed by staff or poorly treated by their nurses. They have a high rate of glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, blepharitis, and a plethora of other eye diseases. These patients often greet you with a big smile when their eyeglasses are dispensed. We are equipped with portable OCT, fundus camera, B-scan, and visual fields to diagnose and monitor eye diseases.
If you are compassionate and love ocular pathology, you would be a perfect match for this mode of practice compared to conventional practices.
Other pertinent details:
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Flexible schedule
- Help or transport service
This is the perfect opportunity for someone interested in practicing ocular and vision care in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Imagine you can practice the 3 Os (Optical, Optometry and Ophthalmology) for patients who truly need eye care and who cannot advocate for themselves. This group of patients often gradually lose their eyesight and/or have eye infections unnoticed by staff or poorly treated by their nurses. They have a high rate of glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, blepharitis, and a plethora of other eye diseases. These patients often greet you with a big smile when their eyeglasses are dispensed. We are equipped with portable OCT, fundus camera, B-scan, and visual fields to diagnose and monitor eye diseases.
If you are compassionate and love ocular pathology, you would be a perfect match for this mode of practice compared to conventional practices.
Other pertinent details:
- The Physician Assistant will provide ophthalmic/optometric patient care in nursing homes and assisted living facilities under the supervision of an ophthalmologist.
- Perform and assist with ophthalmological procedures such as biopsies, lumps and bumps, tear duct plugs, and eyelids surgeries.
- An ophthalmic technician is available to locate patients, perform preliminaries, and optical services.
- A scribe is available for EHR/EMR by EyeFinity.
- All portable optometric equipment is provided, and you will be trained in the ophthalmic field.
- Pay: $400–$550 per day with an option of earning bonuses. Paid as a 1099‑MISC contractor. We reimburse mileage for travel beyond 50 miles per day.
- There are no weekends. Flexibility to work 2-4 days a week with most days being less than 8 hours per day.
- Master’s degree as a Physician Assistant and licensed to practice in the state of Florida is required.
- Background in optical, optometry or ophthalmology is a plus but not required. We recommend that during training and development, the Physician Assistant obtains COA or COT certification as in https://www.jcahpo.org/certification/certifications/
Salary : $100,000 - $150,000