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General Information Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility Work Location: Torrance, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm Posted Date 12/11/2024 Salary Range: $168271.92 - 222017.04 Annually Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 20902 Primary Duties and Responsibilities Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity, and respect across an area from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers, and mobile clinics, plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at . The Optometrist will provide professional optometric services at the Venice Family Clinic. The Optometrist reports to the Associate Medical Director and collaborates closely with other members of the Clinical Management Team. The Optometrist is expected to work independently, checking in with the Vision Services Coordinator as necessary and having regular meetings to coordinate and discuss goals and work issues. Full Salary Range: 109,000 - 153,100 Job Qualifications Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility Possession of a license issued by the California State Board of Optometry to practice optometry Verbal communication skills to clearly convey information to patients, students, faculty, and staff Ability to speak Spanish such that an interpreter is not routinely needed during care Knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the assigned tasks and responsibilities Knowledge of medical problems of minority, medically underserved populations, and the and the homeless. Skill in providing care in a high-volume clinic setting. Write prescriptions for glasses for all patients who need them. Obtain images on diagnostic equipment such as corneal topography, corneal tomography, specular microscopy, confocal microscopy, corneal pachymetry, anterior segment OCT, etc. Ability to teach and supervise volunteers, residents and/or students. Ability to work as a team with multi-disciplinary staff and providers. Willingness to learn and fully utilize our Electronic Health Record to meet meaningful use requirements Meet productivity goals as determined by the organization Manage dermatology issues through evaluation with different diagnostic modalities As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.