Travel Optometrist

Pay Rate: $4,600.00 - $4,800.00 gross per week

Number of Positions: 1

Specialty: Optometry

Start Date: As Soon As Credentialed

Travel: Onsite Lodging

Assignment Length: 13 weeks, 26 weeks preferred 

EMR: Cerner

Schedule: 

• Monday - Friday from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM/ Nome Hospital Clinic
• Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 6:00/7:00 PM/ While in the field clinics (with some flexibility)

Call: N/A

Additional Details about the position

• Refraction, dilation, OCT, Visual Field, Fundus photography, foreign body removal, epilation, Tear Care, punctual plugs, soft contact lens fittings
• Assistant will do check-in and help patients with glasses and contact lens orders, bed/accommodations available in the clinic
• 4-5 days per week in the village

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Open to new Grads 

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 

• BLS 

LICENSURE REQUIREMENT 

• Valid Optometry License

ABOUT THE FACILITY

We are a tribally owned and operated, independent, nonprofit healthcare organization, founded in 1970 to meet the health care needs of the Inupiat, Siberian Yup’ik and Yup’ik people of the Bering Strait region. Our services are governed by a 21-member board of directors that represents all communities and areas of the Bering Strait region, a 23,000 square-mile section of northwestern Alaska.

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Benefits: (NurseStar Covers 50% of your monthly benefit cost)

• Dental Insurance 
• Health insurance 
• Paid sick time 
• Paid time off 
• Travel reimbursement 
• Vision insurance