What are the responsibilities and job description for the Optometrist position at Kelsey-Seybold?
Overview
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. More than 500 physicians and allied health professionals practice at 30 locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in 55 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging and diagnostics, 19 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure web portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved the coveted 5-out-of-5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for six consecutive years.
Kelsey-Seybold has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization and a Level 3 (highest) Patient-Centered Medical Home. Kelsey-Seybold has many physicians in the Greater Houston area certified for excellence in diabetes and heart and stroke care by the NCQA. In addition to these recognitions, Kelsey-Seybold is home to a nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Center, and Endoscopy Center.
Responsibilities
At Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, our Optometrists examine people’s eyes to diagnose vision problems and eye diseases, and test patients’ visual acuity, depth and color perception, along with their ability to focus and coordinate the eyes. They prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses and provide vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation. They analyze test results and develop a treatment plan, administer drugs to patients to aid in the diagnosis of vision problems and prescribe drugs to treat some eye diseases. They often provide preoperative and postoperative care to cataract patients who have been referred to one of our Ophthalmologists, as well as to patients who have had laser vision correction or another eye surgery. As part of their job description they diagnose conditions caused by systemic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, referring patients to other specialists within the Kelsey-Seybold family as needed.
At Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, we're keeping an eye on our patient’s vision health. We offer comprehensive care for a wide range of conditions ranging from routine vision exams to cutting edge treatments for eye disorders. Kelsey-Seybold's optometrists and coordinate eye care to detect, repair and prevent eye problems to help protect our patient’s vision for life.
Qualifications
- Graduate of an approved training program in the United States.
- Licensed in the State of Texas.
- Board Certified and/or Board Eligible.