Saturday Per Diem Clinical Optometrist - Primary Care / Contact Lens

Description

 The NECO Clinical Network serves as the patient care and clinical education subsidiary of the New England College of Optometry. It encompasses a wide network of local, national, and international sites where our students complete their clinical training. As one of the largest providers of optometric services in Massachusetts, our faculty and students deliver care to nearly 90,000 patients annually across more than 43 locations, including many of Greater Boston’s community health centers.

NECO Center for Eye Care is seeking applications for the role of a Saturday Per Diem Optometrist and Clinician Educator, with a focus on primary eye care and soft contact lens services. This position provides the opportunity to deliver comprehensive clinical care in a collaborative environment at NCEC Commonwealth or NCEC Roslindale. The role includes precepting optometry interns in the clinical setting as part of the Saturday clinical assignment. Saturday patient care hours are typically scheduled from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.  

This position is part-time (less than 20 hours per week) and does not include benefits, but it is eligible to accrue sick time per Massachusetts law. Our mission is to improve vision and eye health through excellence in collaborative and community-oriented patient care, service, education, and research.  

A NECO health center optometrist is a highly qualified Doctor of Optometry and clinician-educator working within a dynamic, team-oriented, multidisciplinary, nonprofit eye care network serving the greater Boston community. Clinical attending optometrists also hold faculty appointments with NECO, advancing both the college's service and teaching missions.  

The New England College of Optometry is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled: As an Equal Opportunity Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Requirements

• OD licensed to practice optometry in the state of Massachusetts at highest level of certification, (TPA+ classification)
• Mass Controlled Substance Registration
• Medicare eligible
• Good communication skills
• Ability to type efficiently in electronic health record

EXPERIENCE:

• Optometry residency completion or 5+ years of clinical experience
• Preference given to providers who have previously had precepting experience

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