(USA) Optometrist - Sam's (915 W Marketview Dr, Champaign, IL 61822-1221, United States of America)

What you'll do

Provides evidence-based vision care to ensure patients' health and wellbeing by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options such as 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, and follows up with patients and other health professionals regarding outstanding diagnostics tests or other patient information.

Evaluates patients' health condition across and within the full vision center scope of service, such as visual acuity, visual function, and eye health, keratometry, refraction, to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment. Reviews complete patient medical history information and performs comprehensive eye examinations. Examines eyes utilizing observation instruments and pharmaceutical agents to determine visual acuity, perception, focus, and coordination, and identifies signs of vision defects, such as injury, disease, or abnormality. Prescribes, fits, and adjusts eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids. Suggests ordering, interpreting, and assessing diagnostic tests, such as glaucoma testing and macular degeneration Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Provides additional vision treatment, such as foreign body removal, as necessary. Develops treatment plans based on patients' clinical presentations using evidence-based care guidelines.

Represents the company in vision care and patient engagement by delivering exceptional customer service through all patient interactions. Maintains and updates patient information in vision center systems, such as BOSS, in a timely, accurate, and confidential manner. Assists vision center staff, such as opticians, on best practices and procedures. Ensures adherence to state, local, and federal healthcare regulations and Walmart vision center guidelines. Performs administrative and retail tasks, such as financial transactions, patient registration, retail transactions, and working with internal and external stakeholders, such as pharmacists, clinics, store management, and external health care professionals, to ensure overall coordinated and integrated patient care experience and high-quality customer service.

Develops and implements strategies

Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce. Diagnoses capability gaps, recruits, selects, and develops talent, supports mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning. Leverages the capabilities of new and existing talent. Integrates these values into all programs and practices. Develops and supports consequences for violations or non-compliance. Supports the Open Door Policy.

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.

Act with Integrity

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance. Models the Walmart values to support and foster the culture. Holds oneself and others accountable. Supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us. Uses the Live Better U program to encourage learning and personal growth.

Serve Our Customers and Members

Delivers results while putting the customer first. Considers and adapts to how, where, and when customers shop. Applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans. Makes decisions based on data insights and analysis, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when making plans.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited optometry school.
• Licensed optometrist in good standing in state of practice.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional qualifications not listed above.

Other

Health benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. The amount received depends on job classification and length of employment. It meets or exceeds the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. The annual salary range for this position is $135,000.00 - $200,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location).