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Walmart

Sells groceries and essentials in stores and online

Optometrist

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeBattle Creek, MI, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from an accredited optometry school is required.
  • The candidate must be a licensed optometrist in good standing in the state of practice.

Responsibilities

  • Provide evidence-based vision care by recommending and prescribing medications and treatment options, including care for red eye, LASIK surgery, and cataract surgery, using evidence-based care guidelines.
  • Deliver routine vision care and educate patients and store associates on eye health, including contact lens care, disease-state management, and safety factors.
  • Recommend appropriate patient follow-up and consult with other health professionals to prepare and coordinate patient care plans within the scope of optometry practice and state board requirements.
  • Refer patients to ophthalmologists and other health professionals as needed, and follow up with patients and health professionals regarding outstanding diagnostics, tests, or other patient information.
  • Evaluate patients’ health conditions across the vision center’s scope of service, including visual acuity, visual function, eye health, keratometry, and refraction, to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment.
  • Review complete patient medical histories and perform comprehensive eye examinations using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents to determine visual acuity, perception, focus, and coordination, and to identify signs of vision defects, injury, disease, or abnormality.
  • Prescribe, fit, and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids.
  • Suggest, order, interpret, and assess diagnostic tests, including glaucoma testing, macular degeneration testing, and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).
  • Provide additional vision treatment, such as foreign body removal, as necessary, and develop treatment plans based on patients’ clinical presentations using evidence-based care guidelines.
  • Represent the company in vision care and patient engagement by delivering customer service during patient interactions and maintaining and updating patient information in vision center systems, including BOSS, accurately and confidentially.
  • Assist vision center staff, including opticians, with best practices and procedures, and ensure adherence to state, local, and federal healthcare regulations and Walmart vision center guidelines.
  • Perform vision center administrative and retail tasks as necessary, including financial transactions, patient registration, and retail transactions.
  • Work with internal stakeholders, including pharmacists, clinics, and store management, and external stakeholders, including external health care professionals, to coordinate an integrated patient care experience and high-quality customer service.
  • Provide overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes and outcomes; identifying improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and supporting continuous learning.
  • Develop and implement strategies to attract and maintain a skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps, recruiting, selecting, and developing talent, supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning, and leveraging new and existing talent.
  • Cultivate an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating values into programs and practices, developing consequences for violations or noncompliance, and supporting the Open Door Policy.
  • Develop and leverage internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize business goals by sponsoring and leading community outreach initiatives, engaging stakeholders in developing, executing, and evaluating business plans and initiatives, and supporting associate efforts.
  • Build high-performing teams, embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, and create a workplace where associates feel supported and connected and have opportunities to thrive.
  • Work collaboratively, build trusting relationships, communicate with impact, energy, and positivity, and motivate and influence others.
  • Attract and retain talent, empower and develop talent, and recognize others’ contributions and accomplishments.
  • Maintain and promote integrity, ethics, and compliance; model company values; hold oneself and others accountable; and support the company’s stated goal of becoming a regenerative company through positive impact, belonging, waste elimination, and local giving.
  • Act humbly, self-awarely, honestly, fairly, and transparently.
  • Deliver results while putting customers first, adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying the EDLP and EDLC business models to plans.
  • Make decisions based on data insights and analysis, balance short- and long-term priorities, and consider customers, associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when planning.
  • Display curiosity and willingness to learn, take calculated risks, demonstrate courage and resilience, and encourage learning from mistakes.
  • Drive continuous improvement, adopt and encourage new technologies and skills, and support others through change.

Desired Qualifications

  • Completion of a post-graduate year one (PGY-1) in an area of emphasis, such as family practice, low vision care, pediatric or geriatric optometry, or ocular disease.

About the Company

Walmart

Sells groceries and essentials in stores and online

Walmart sells groceries, household essentials, clothing, and electronics through stores and online marketplaces for consumers around the world. Its everyday low price model combines large purchasing volumes with distribution networks that move goods to stores and customer homes. Shoppers can browse online, collect orders at a nearby store, or request delivery, while third-party merchants use its marketplace and fulfillment services to reach customers. The group earns revenue from merchandise sales, memberships, advertising, and services, and also operates pharmacies, optical centers, and digital payments businesses. Walmart opened its first discount store in 1962 and is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Bentonville, AR
Founded
1962

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