Medical Optometrist- Rancho Cucamonga

POSITION DESCRIPTION

 Signing Bonus

POSITION

Ophthalmologist

REPORTS TO

Chief Medical Officer

FAMILY POSITION

Medical Director Office

PURPOSE

To diagnose and treat all eye and visual problems including vision services (glasses and contacts) and provide treatment and prevention of medical disorders of the eye including surgery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities

• Must be able to perform eye surgery
• Must provide routine care such as vision testing and prescribe and fit eyeglasses or contact lenses
• Must be able to repair traumatic injuries to the eye and perform cataract and corneal surgery
• Must be able to diagnose and treat diseases of the eye, including glaucoma and cataracts; vision problems such as nearsightedness; and eye injuries
• Must be able to link eye problems to other disorders
• Must be willing to travel to a few of our offices
• Must be willing to market to other physicians and community
• Responsible for attending monthly physician meetings
• Must provide high patient satisfaction and care to patients
• Schedules patient appointments to appropriate surgery center, hospital and/or medical location
• Provides physicians and support staff with up-to-date surgery schedules
• Must be a team player
• Must take calls with local hospitals

Leadership

• Educate
• Advocate
• Perform Research
• Active Listening
• Consistency
• Conflict Management
• Team development and feedback

Personal Leadership

• Decisiveness
• Integrity
• Relationship building (or team building)
• Problem-solving
• Dependability
• Ability to teach and mentor

Communication

• Is an open, clear confident communicator
• Communicates effectively to ensure deliver best services to patients
• Professionalism

Health and Safety

• Comply with all company health and safety systems, policies, protocols, and legislative requirements
• Is aware of the requirements that Azul Vision has in terms of Health & Safety and is committed to own safety and wellbeing and the safety of others in the workplace
• Ensure own reporting of incidents, accidents and near misses
• Ensure housekeeping in own work area provides a safe and healthy environment

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• A high standard of quality work is produced

Administration

• Meets and/or exceeds agreed objectives/goals/KPIs
• All written and verbal communication meets agreed standards

Other

Any other duties the employer may reasonably require.

Functional Relationships:

• Clinical Services
• Medical Operations
• Medical Directors
• Office Support Staff
• Human Resources
• Billing/Finance

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• The ability to communicate effectively and empathically with patient's eye problems can cause a considerable degree of anxiety
• Excellent manual dexterity, good hand-eye co-ordination and good vision
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Good problem-solving and decision-making skills
• The ability to work well within multidisciplinary teams
• A willingness to work with constantly changing technologies

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Strong communication skills
• Comfortable to lead and implement change
• Strategic
• Has perspective
• Proven decision making and problem-solving ability
• Ability to build strong positive and enduring relationships internally and externally
• Confident
• Flexibility / adaptability
• Professional
• Personal integrity
• Sense of humor
• Team player