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Optometrist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
The Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System in Charleston, SC, serves over 100,000 Veterans across coastal SC and GA. Highly acclaimed, it is one of the few Level 1A facilities in the nation to achieve a prestigious 5-star rating. The system continuously expands, offering care through its main medical center and multiple community clinics. The clinic is seeking a highly qualified Optometrist who is passionate and ready to serve veterans and their families.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Johnson VA Health Care System Eye Clinics including its CBOCs.
- →To accomplish this mission, the Optometrist needs to be: Fully integrated into the interdisciplinary eye care team, providing the full scope of eye Services based on education, training, licensure and competency.
- →Focused on prevention and wellness as the overriding philosophy of practice.
- →A most cost-effective patient care provider while assuring adequate access, and maintaining a high level of quality as measured by patient satisfaction.
- →The Optometrist is assigned to one or more of the aforementioned clinics.
- →The incumbent provides comprehensive eye care for patients who have illnesses within the scope of Optometry.
- →Within the VA system, optometrists are allowed to provide medical care of the eye but are not permitted to perform any invasive procedures of any kind, including injections in or around the eye, regardless of state law.
- →The scope of this position's activities covers screening and follow up eye care rendered by the clinic.
- →The selected optometrist will also respect and follow any clinical care guidelines that are provided by the Chief of Ophthalmology clinic.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time, 8:00am - 4:30pm.
- →Work schedule subject to change based on the needs of the service/clinic.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a7565719-2fff-4d69-9d65-deb90c21291e
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