Independent Optometrist

When you partner with Sam’s Club Optical your practice is completely yours! You’ll decide how to manage staff and determine work schedules. In addition to routine eye exams, you’ll have a state-of-the-art practice, equipment, and the ability to diagnose and treat ocular disease. And with the robust foot traffic of Sam’s Club, you’ll have a great patient base from day 1 with minimal overhead.

• Debt free Opportunity to start your own practice
• Flexible working hours
• Set your own fees
• State-of-the-art technology and instrumentation
• Guidance of successful building of your own practice
• Team oriented atmosphere and professionally trained staff
• Freedom to practice full-scope Optometry on site at Sam’s Club
• Contract Administrative and Op-Tech support from Sam’s Club or hire your own staff!

What Our Independent Optometrist Do

• Provide evidence-based optical care to ensure patient's health and well-being by recommending and prescribing medications and other treatment options (for example, red eye, LASIK surgery, cataract surgery) using evidence-based care guidelines; delivering routine optical care; and educating patients and associates on eye health.
• Evaluate patients' health condition across and within the full vision center scope of service (for example, visual acuity, visual function and eye health, keratometry, refraction) to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment by reviewing complete patient medical history information and performing comprehensive eye examinations.
• Examine eyes utilizing observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination, as well as identify signs of vision defects (for example, injury, disease, abnormality).
• Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids; suggesting, interpreting, and assessing diagnostic tests (for example, glaucoma testing, macular degeneration, Optical Coherence Tomography-OCT).
• Provide additional vision treatment (for example, foreign body removal) as necessary; developing treatment plans based on patients' clinical presentation using evidence-based care guidelines.
• Ensure overall coordinated and integrated patient care experience and high-quality customer service.

Partnership Requirements

Education:

• Doctorate (Required)

Licenses:

• Doctoral degree in Optometry (OD) from accredited school (Required)
• Current Liability Insurance Certificate
• Current State License Certificate