Optometrist (Kent Eye Clinic) - Kent, WA

There is a unique opportunity available for an Associate Optometrist, Partner, or Owner at Kent Eye Clinic, located in Kent, Washington.

Why you should apply

Kent Eye Clinic is a leading optometric practice, serving the Kent communities for over 25 years. As this well-respected practice continues to grow, a long-term opportunity is on the horizon for the right professional. If you're dedicated to a career of improving the quality of life through enhanced vision, and you're interested in joining a talented team where you'll directly impact business success, this is the opportunity for you.

Located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and nestled between Seattle and Tacoma, Kent is a vibrant city in the Seattle metropolitan area. Offering stunning natural surroundings, the region boasts plenty of outdoor activities, including bike trails, golf courses, fishing areas, extensive parks, and a vast network of trails. Residents and visitors alike can explore historical attractions, museums, art galleries, and one of the many farmers markets. For those who want to explore outside city limits, Puget Sound is easily accessible, providing even more recreational opportunities. Its proximity to Washington's most visited destinations and just a 15-minute drive to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport-Kent is an ideal place to practice and a prime location to live.

About Kent Eye Clinic

Established in 1996, Kent Eye Clinic is on the cutting edge of optometry, offering patients a modern eye care experience and in-demand lenses and frames to Kent and the surrounding communities. The team goes above and beyond to accommodate patients and provide eye care solutions that will enhance not only their vision but their sense of style and fashion. The practice specializes in comprehensive primary eye care, specialty contact lenses, dry eye syndrome, and treatments for other ocular diseases. To preserve the world-class care patients know and expect, the business is looking to add a provider to the team of 13 employees.

This technology-forward practice uses state-of-the-art vision care technology to diagnose and treat a wide array of eye diseases. Equipped with diagnostic technology, the professionals utilize leading technologies such as Auto-Phoropters, Lipiscan, Lipiflow, LLLT, iVue OCT, FDT Visual Field, and more. Patients will enjoy a family-friendly shopping experience as they browse a wide selection of fashionable eyewear from the optical studio-plus, the Opticians offer personalized attention as they help customers to select proper frames for cosmetic, lifestyle, and vision needs.

About the Opening

Kent Eye Clinic is seeking a highly-skilled professional passionate about providing patient-focused care and individualized vision solutions to ensure excellent eye health. This unique opportunity provides the option to serve as an Associate Optometrist, Partner, or Owner and practice part-time or full-time (39 patient hours). You'll perform 1.1 comprehensive eye exams per hour-on average, 20 to 30 patients are cared for daily with a glasses capture rate of 80 percent.

You'll work with a team focused on practice growth, collectively dedicated to the optometric industry, and providing eye care where it's needed most. When the business performs well, the team travels on a humanitarian aid trip or to an industry conference such as Vision Expo West in Las Vegas, Vision Source Meeting in Houston, and the Great Western Council of Optometry Meeting in Portland.

When you join Kent Eye Clinic, you're joining a team that strives to be the optometric practice of choice for the community-customers will think of Kent Eye Clinic as the best place for eye care. The practice continues to evolve and improve in every facet as an organization into the future, supporting patients of all diverse backgrounds-since the practice is a reflection of the community it serves.

To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate leadership, communication, interpersonal skills, and compassion for patient health and safety. You must be very personable with a patient-focused mindset and provide patients with the highest standard of care. The ideal candidate will want to continuously develop skills through mentorship with experienced doctors and be willing to integrate new techniques and innovations that improve patient care and services.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Optometry license in the state of Washington

Kent Eye Clinic is offering the following benefits:

• Competitive base pay
• Production bonus
• Medical insurance
• Vacation and sick paid time off
• Malpractice insurance
• Relocation stipend up to $1,000
• Practice partnership or ownership opportunity

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