AvaMed Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. At the moment we are inURGENT need of aOptometrist to take on a Part-Time assignment at the correctional facility located inWasco, CA
Position Details:
- 10 Hours per week
- Location: Wasco, CA
- Schedule: 1- day a week, Monday or Tuesday or Thursday or Friday 7:00am-5:00pm
- Rate: $110/hr ($1,100/week)
Must be licensed by the California State Board of Optometry.
Job Description:
- a. Temporary/Relief Optometrist shall ensure that all ordered Optometry services will be scheduled consistent with the Optometry need. Once scheduled, service shall be delivered at the time scheduled unless unavoidable circumstances occur;
- b. Temporary/Relief Optometrist will provide examination, diagnosis, treatment, prescription information, and simple repairs only, in accordance with Business and Professions Code § 3041 et al;
- c. Temporary/Relief Optometrist will refer, upon approval of the Institution/Facility designee, patient/youth for consultation, diagnosis, treatment(s), and/or surgery to physicians and/or healthcare facilities, Medical/surgical emergencies where contract provider(s) are not immediately available are exempt;
- d. Temporary/Relief Optometrist shall maintain continuity of all work performed from start to finish;
- e. Temporary/Relief Optometrist shall provide Optometry visual services and diagnoses and treatment for the following specific conditions: allergies, infectious diseases, and non-systematic inflammations of the conjunctiva, using diagnostic agents and topical products; e.g., miotics, lubricants, non-steroidal anti-allergy agents, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, antibiotic agents, and hyperosmotics, in accordance with Chapter 7 of the Business and Professional Code and National Standards