Part-Time Optometrist (Ocean Park Optometry) - Santa Monica, CA
VSP VisionAbout the role
Why join us?
For nearly 50 years, Ocean Park Optometry has been a trusted part of the Santa Monica community, giving doctors the opportunity to provide thoughtful, relationship-driven eye care in a highly rated practice with loyal patients and steady demand. The practice recently moved into a beautiful new location and continues to grow, with 25% growth this year and plans to add an associate doctor and additional team members. Candidates will enjoy working in a positive, team-oriented environment with streamlined systems, modern technology, and opportunities to practice advanced services such as neurovisual medicine, orthokeratology and myopia management, scleral lenses, and dry eye care.
What you'll do:
In this part-time role of approximately 16 hours per week, you’ll have the opportunity to deliver comprehensive eye care while building meaningful connections with patients and working alongside a supportive, experienced team. You’ll perform examinations, develop treatment plans, document care, educate patients, provide dry eye treatments, and communicate care plans clearly with staff, all while using modern systems and technology such as Officemate/Examwriter, Adit Communications, Topcon automated phoropters, Optovue Solis, Optos California, Firefly Slit Lamp, Pentacam, Medmont, Aladdin AXL, Virtual Field, Neurolens, Icare, and Shamir Spark Mi Up to support efficient, high-quality care.
Who you are:
You’re a fully licensed optometrist in California who is excited to grow within a modern, patient-centered practice and contribute to a collaborative team culture. Whether you’re early in your career or bring years of experience, you’re confident using optometric technology, interested in specialty care such as binocular vision, scleral and specialty lenses, and dry eye treatment, and motivated by the opportunity to build trust with patients, deliver excellent care, and support the continued success of a thriving practice.
Why you'll love Santa Monica, CA:
Santa Monica offers the best of Southern California’s coastal lifestyle, with beautiful beaches, ocean views, walkable neighborhoods, and year-round opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. From the iconic Santa Monica Pier and lively Third Street Promenade to local farmers markets, parks, bike paths, restaurants, shops, and arts and cultural experiences, the city blends laid-back beach living with the energy and convenience of the greater Los Angeles area. It’s an ideal place for candidates who want to build a rewarding career while enjoying a vibrant, wellness-focused community with plenty to explore before and after work.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Optometry license in California
Preferred Specialties:
- Binocular vision, scleral and specialty lenses, dry eye
Special Notice
This is not a career opportunity with VSP Vision or its companies. VSP Vision is helping PECAA Max Members recruit qualified applicants for their private practices. VSP Vision is not acting as a job placement agency or staffing firm. Applicants are not guaranteed a job interview or job offer. The hiring decision and acceptance of this position is solely between the hiring practice and the applicant. The above information in this description was provided by the hiring practice. It has been designated to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this role. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted as, comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees hired in this role.
VSP Vision OD Recruitment Support
VSP Network Practices who are PECAA Max members in good standing benefit from access to dedicated VSP Vision recruiters to help them find qualified Optometrists. VSP Vision is not an employment agency and does not guarantee the placement of any practice professionals. The practice shall have sole responsibility for all decisions in the hiring proc
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