Associate Optometrist – Walmart

Associate Optometrist – Walmart

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
• Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice.
• EMR/EHR experience.
• Eagerness to embrace new equipment technology and advanced instrumentation.
• Experience in Treating and managing ocular disease.

Responsibilities

• 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).
• Deliver routine vision care using evidence-based care guidelines.
• 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.
• Manages Optical Operations: Stays current on changes in optical procedures, ideas, and processes and shares the information and ideas with associates and managers.
• 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.
• Meets with managers, doctors, and associates to identify and discuss any concerns and issues related to the business and to share information related to new initiatives.
• Effectively recruits doctors in partnership with Market Directors.
• 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.
• Promotes reporting and transparency of errors whether actual or patient perceived.
• Writes timely and effective plans of action focused on identification and correction of root cause.
• 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.
• Implements compliance initiatives and priorities and monitors compliance execution by others.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.