Optometrist

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.