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Job Details

Optometrist

Employer

Acuity Eye Care

Date Posted

April 14, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Beaverlodge, AB
  • Earnings $65.00 to $125.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 12, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Acuity Eye Care

Languages

English

Education

Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Work setting

  • Clinic
  • Willing to relocate
  • Private practice

Tasks

  • Advise on use and care of contact lenses
  • Examine patients' eyes, conduct tests and use specialized instruments to determine visual efficiency
  • Prescribe treatment to conserve, improve and correct vision and other ocular disorders
  • Refer patients to ophthalmologists or other physicians and surgeons when ocular or other diseases are found
  • Prescribe and administer medications and treatments

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Manual dexterity

Screening questions

  • Are you currently a student?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

Vision care benefits


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Optometrist is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Optometrists
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating specialized instruments such as ophthalmoscopes and biomicroscopes to conduct eye examinations

SOCIAL

Interest in speaking to educate and counsel patients on contact lens use and care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, working distance and other safety factors

DIRECTIVE

Interest in analyzing data collected from eye examinations to determine the type of prescription required, and to refer patients to ophthalmologists and other physicians and surgeons for treatment of ocular or other diseases or conditions

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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