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General Description

Salary: Dependent upon rank, Assistant Faculty, Instructor & Assistant Professor $110,000 - $135,000; Associate Professor $135,000 - $219,000*

Optometrist Position Description: 

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is seeking an optometrist to join the Wilmer Eye Institute's comprehensive eye care division. This individual will work independently to provide primary ocular evaluations for patients at Wilmer Eye Institute's outpatient clinic location in Columbia, MD.  

• Comprehensive care providers perform vision and medical eye exams within the bounds of individual licensure and Maryland's legal scope of practice.  
• Common encounters include diabetic eye examinations; evaluation of dry eye disease, cataracts, and glaucoma suspicion; Plaquenil screenings; and triage of urgent eye or vision concerns.  
• On-site referral/consultation for patients requiring surgical or advanced subspecialist care in glaucoma, retina, cornea, neuro-ophthalmology, oculoplastics, and low vision rehabilitation.  
• Vision care services include prescription of glasses and soft contact lenses, with the opportunity to build a practice in specialty therapeutic contact lenses. An on-site optical is available with a team of licensed opticians and high-quality materials.   

Consider a career at Wilmer Eye Institute: a leader in the delivery of state-of-the-art eye care. 

Benefits of joining Wilmer Eye Institute's comprehensive care team in Columbia, MD include: 

• Favorable hours and flexibility template scheduling, with no weekends or evenings 
• Bonus pay commensurate with productivity and optical referrals  
• Generous benefits package including health insurance, 403B contribution, wellness offerings, family care programs, community discounts, and tuition remission 
• Limited on-call responsibilities, shared across providers 
• Option of clinical staff or faculty position 
• Access to Cirrus OCT, HVF3, Pentacam, pachymeter, and autorefractor 
• Designated exam room with dual computer monitors and Zeiss FORUM Viewer 
• Epic EMR system allowing collaborative care among the Johns Hopkins multidisciplinary health care team 
• Designated faculty mentor to guide academic pursuits and professional growth 
• Opportunities to participate in departmental and educational activities including continuing education courses, team meetings, and professional development activities 

*The referenced salary range reflects base pay, which is based on faculty rank and years in rank. This salary range does not include all components of the Department of Ophthalmology faculty compensation program or pay from participation in the Department of Ophthalmology incentive compensation programs. Therefore, the actual compensation paid to the selected candidate may vary from the salary range stated herein. For more information, please contact the hiring department.

Qualifications

Experience

- Minimum of one (1) year of experience or successful completion of accredited optometry residency program.

Education

- Graduation from an accredited school of Optometry required.

- License in good standing in State of Maryland required.

- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.

Application Instructions

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About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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