Optometrist for Naval Medical Center

Optometrist – Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Overview

Join the healthcare team at Camp Lejeune as an Optometrist , providing high-quality vision and eye care services to active-duty service members, their families, and other eligible beneficiaries. In this role, you will deliver both routine and acute eye care , ensuring early detection and effective management of visual disorders, ocular diseases, and systemic conditions that affect vision health.

You’ll use your clinical expertise to evaluate, diagnose, and treat a wide range of eye-related conditions while collaborating with other healthcare professionals to promote readiness, wellness, and prevention.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive eye examinations to evaluate visual acuity, ocular health, and systemic implications affecting vision.

• Diagnose and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the eye, visual system, and associated structures.

• Provide preventive and therapeutic eye care , including prescribing corrective lenses, contact lenses, and ocular medications.

• Perform pre- and post-operative evaluations for refractive and other ophthalmologic procedures.

• Conduct color vision, contrast sensitivity, and binocular vision assessments .

• Utilize advanced diagnostic tools such as fundus photography, corneal topography, Pentacam scans, autorefraction, and visual field testing .

• Remove superficial ocular foreign bodies and perform epilation when clinically indicated.

• Provide patient education on eye health, safety, and vision conservation, promoting preventive practices and adherence to treatment plans.

• Collaborate with ophthalmologists and other specialists for co-management or referral of complex ocular and systemic conditions.

• Participate in clinical training, wellness initiatives, and vision research activities as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Degree: Doctor of Optometry (OD).

• Education: Graduate of an optometry program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) .

• Licensure: Current, active, and unrestricted optometry license in any U.S. state or territory.

Schedule

• Full-time, Monday–Friday

• 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

MDPerm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MDPerm does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.