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Optometrist
Employer
Acuity Eye CareDate Posted
April 14, 2025Languages
English-
Location Beaverlodge, AB
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Earnings $65.00 to $125.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date May 12, 2025
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
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in operating specialized instruments such as ophthalmoscopes and biomicroscopes to conduct eye examinations
- SOCIAL
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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
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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
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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