Optometrist (Clinical)

About the Position: This position is located at Army Health Clinic Moncrief Located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Recruitment or relocation incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Serves as Vision Conservation Officer performing a variety of duties as they relate to the Vision Conservation Program.

Instructs, teach, and guides student optometric interns in all areas of clinical optometry.

Performs comprehensive and limited visual and ocular examination of all types of patients

Diagnoses conditions through the analysis of test results, medical, and previous eye history, occupational needs, and the effect of the environment on the eyes.

Treats minor pathology of the eye and adnexa using therapeutic drugs.

Examines, diagnoses, manages, and treats a full range of eye and visual problems and ocular diseases

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.