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Lead Optometrist opportunity in Suitland, Maryland!

Purpose: To provide administrative support on the Medical Center level for Optometry Services. This position consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente’s Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting on-compliance, and adhering to the applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente’s policies and procedures. In addition, Regional leaders are accountable for communication, implementation, enforcement, monitoring and oversight of compliance policies and practices in their departments. Accountabilities: 1. Maintains open line of communication between the Chief of Optometry and staff optometrists.2. Assures that the optometrists schedules are turned into appointments in a timely and appropriate manner.3. Approves leave requests based on guidelines given by the Chief of Optometry.4. Orders replacement equipment and parts as needed by optometrists, up to $10,000.5. Orientates new full and part-time optometrists.6. Acts as the point of contact between center membership services, center administration, and optometry.7. Organizes monthly optical and optometry meetings.8. Maintains communication between optometry and ophthalmology and organizes monthly meetings between optometry and ophthalmology.9. Acts as secondary interviewer for all potential optometrists applying for positions at the center.10. Reviews schedule monthly and makes necessary changes to assure productivity standards. Acts as the liaison between optometry and the center appointment supervisor.11. Acts as point of contact for all solution and contact lens representatives that visit the center.12. Reports to the Chief of Optometry on the administration of the center�s Contact Lens Program. Relevant Years of Experience:- Five years as Optometrist is preferred.- One year of Kaiser Permanente experience is preferred.- Previous supervisory and administrative responsibilities are preferred.License, Certification and/or Designation:- Virginia License is required.- DPA License is required.- TPA License is required.- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.

Purpose: To examine patients having full range of visual problems, diagnose visual diseases, disorders, and deficiencies, and prescribe treatment as licensed and credited. To refer patients to other appropriate Kaiser Permanente providers as needed for further evaluation and treatment. This position consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente´s Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting on-compliance, and adhering to the applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente´s policies and procedures. In addition, Regional leaders are accountable for communication, implementation, enforcement, monitoring and oversight of compliance policies and practices in their departments. In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.Accountabilities: 1. Examines patients having a full range of visual problems by using a full field of optometry instruments and techniques. 2. Diagnoses visual diseases, disorders, and deficiencies and prescribes treatment according to the laws of the State of Maryland, District, or Commonwealth. 3. Prescribes and fits contact lenses. 4. Determines visual requirements of the partially sighted. Prescribes low-vision aids such as telescopic and microscopic lenses, magnifiers, and other optical devices to aid low-vision patients. 5. In the state or jurisdiction in which licensed or under the standing orders of a physician, uses diagnostic pharmaceutical agents to detect and diagnose ocular pathology. Uses examination techniques to determine ocular signs of systemic diseases and medications. 6. Refers patients to other appropriate Kaiser Permanente providers as needed for further evaluation and treatment. 7. Participates in departmental and educational meetings including peer review activities within the department and medical facility. 8. Consults regularly with internal medicine, pediatrics, and ophthalmology on patient care issues. 9. Assists in implementing eye care in-service education programs for medical center staff and at patient education seminars. 10. Under the standing orders of a physician and in co-management with an ophthalmologist, evaluates and manages stated anterior segment disorders.Minimum Requirement - Relevant Years of Experience: - Minimum of one year of experience required. - Two or more years of experience in an interdisciplinary health care environment preferred.Minimum Requirement - Education and/or Classes: - Graduation from an accredited school of Optometry required. - Accredited residency in Optometry preferred.Minimum Requirement - License, Certification and/or Designation: - License in good standing in State of Maryland, District of Columbia, or Virginia required.- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.