Sobre este puesto de Optometrist (Eye Specialists of Mid Florida) - Central FL en VSP Vision
Why join us?
Since 1966, ESMF has built a trusted reputation for compassionate, technologically advanced eye care across Central Florida. With eight clinics, two on-site ASCs, and a team of 200+ employees, the practice offers broad clinical exposure across cataracts, dry eye, eyelid procedures, comprehensive eye exams, glaucoma, laser treatments, optical, and retina care. You’ll be part of an award-winning team recognized as the “Top Independent Practice of North America for 2024” by Transitions, joining a culture that prioritizes teamwork, professional collaboration, and meaningful patient relationships. As the practice continues to grow, you’ll help expand optometry coverage, support access to care across the region, and contribute to ongoing improvements that make each patient visit more seamless, personalized, and effective.
What you'll do:
As a Board-Certified Optometric Physician, you’ll provide high-quality primary eye and vision care in an outpatient setting, including comprehensive exams, corrective lens prescriptions, prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care. Utilizing your license to its fullest extent as you see it to treat ocular disease. In this full-time, 40-hour-per-week role, you’ll support total patient care while working with an expanding portfolio of leading-edge technology, including a Topcon slit lamp, Topcon autorefractor, Topcon NCT CT-80, Zeiss OCT Cirrus 5000, Kowa Nonmyd camera, and Haag-Streit Octopus 600 visual field equipment. You’ll also participate in clinical and business meetings, community education, and practice events, share responsibility for training technicians to strengthen clinical knowledge and improve patient flow, and collaborate with office leadership through monthly meetings and bi-weekly business reviews. The practice sees 400+ patients daily across the organization, creating a dynamic environment where strong communication, teamwork, and patient-centered care are essential. Our ODs are provided with a team support approach. This allows them to properly care for 28-40 patients per day.
Who you are:
You’re a passionate, patient-centered optometrist with a Doctor of Optometry degree from an ACOE-accredited school and an active, unrestricted Florida optometric license. You bring kindness, empathy, and patience to every interaction, along with excellent patient care skills and the confidence to support patients across diverse visual needs and age groups. You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with opticians, technicians, administrative staff, and practice leadership to deliver seamless care, strengthen team culture, and support the continued growth and reputation of the practice. With strong communication skills, a commitment to continuous learning, and enthusiasm for the latest advancements in optometry and personalized treatment plans, you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients and the broader community.
Why you'll love Mid-Florida:
Nestled between the vibrant cities of Orlando and Tampa, this region offers more than just a place to work, it provides a lifestyle that’s second to none. Imagine weekends filled with theme parks, concerts, state parks, water parks, endless golf courses, and time spent fishing or boating along the Gulf, the Atlantic, and local freshwater lakes. Sports fans can enjoy professional and college athletics, including baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and racing, while outdoor enthusiasts can explore Central Florida’s breathtaking lakes and natural springs through kayaking, canoeing, and other year-round adventures. With access to recreation, entertainment, and natural beauty in every direction, Mid-Florida is an ideal place to build a fulfilling career and an equally rewarding life.
You’ll enjoy a range of benefits, including:
- Signing bonus
- 20 days of paid time off
- Eight paid holidays
- Five paid CE days
- 401(k) match program
- Profit sharing
- Medical, dental, AD&D, vision, and employee discounts
- Short- and long-term disability
- Voluntary life insurance
- HSA
- EAP
- $3,000 allowance for Continuing education, licensing, and professional organizations fees
Minimum Qualifications:
- Optometry license in the state of Florida
Special Notice
This is not a career opportunity with VSP Vision or its companies. VSP Vision is helping PECAA Max Members recruit qualified applicants for their private practices. VSP Vision is not acting as a job placement agency or staffing firm. Applicants are not guaranteed a job interview or job offer. The hiring decision and acceptance of this position is solely between the hiring practice and the applicant. The above information in this description was provided by the hiring practice. It has been designated to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this role. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted as, comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees hired in this role.
VSP Vision OD Recruitment Support
VSP Network Practices who are PECAA Max members in good standing benefit from access to dedicated VSP Vision recruiters to help them find qualified Optometrists. VSP Vision is not an employment agency and does not guarantee the placement of any practice professionals. The practice shall have sole responsibility for all decisions in the hiring process including interviewing and hiring of practice professionals. VSP Network Practices also benefit from access to other hiring related resources, including free job listings on the VSP Vision Optometry Career Site, which is linked to over 300 career sites.
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