Employment Information
- Post ID: 358792908
- Open Date: January 29, 2025
- Close Date: March 20, 2025
- Organization: Doctors Vision Centre Stonewall
- Sector: Healthcare & Social Workers
- Business Location:Swan River, Manitoba, Canada
- Total Views: 200
- Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 21 hours ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/manitoba/swan-river/358792908/optometrist/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 1
- Compensation: $10,000 to $15,000 per month (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- Education: Postgraduate degree
Job Description
Tasks
- Advise on use and care of contact lenses
- Examine patients’ eyes, conduct tests and use specialized instruments to determine visual efficiency
- Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids to correct patients’ vision
- Prescribe treatment to conserve, improve and correct vision and other ocular disorders
- Counsel patients on visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, working distances and safety factors
- Supervise staff
- Refer patients to ophthalmologists or other physicians and surgeons when ocular or other diseases are found
Experience and specialization
Area of specialization
- Obtain specifications for eyeglasses or contact lenses and fit clients with prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
- Membership in the Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO)
Benefits
Health benefits
- Vision care benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Variable or compressed work week