Optometrist, Correctional Health Services

• Conducts eye exams using optometric equipment and performs general diagnostic interpretation.
• Prescribes, fits and adjusts eyeglasses.
• Recommends appropriate follow up and ensures continuity of care.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure the provision of appropriate care.
• Provides direct and/or indirect patient care oriented toward improving or maintaining health and preventing illness.
• Analyzes, summarizes and/or reviews data; reports findings, interprets results and/or makes recommendations.
• Provides medical consultation in specialized areas of knowledge.
• Provides direct client care including development, documentation, execution and assessment of treatment plan, etc.
• Refers client/inmate/patient to other available services to meet needs where appropriate.
• Coordinates activities with institutional needs and enforces security regulations on or off property.
• Maintains and updates patient charts, records, and information.
• Performs physical examinations and/or preventive health measures to assess and evaluate patient's clinical problems and health care needs.
  
  
  
  
  
  

(includes knowledge, skills, and abilities required upon entry into position and trainable after entry into position)

• Applied understanding of general principles of optometry and best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of eye-related disorders and conditions.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• General computer proficiency and ability to document care provided in the electronic health record.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree from an accredited optometry program
• Basic life support certification
• Active license to practice optometry in the State of Utah