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360care
Lincoln, Nebraska

Optometrist

OptometristNo weekendsNo nightsContract

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Job Description

Make a difference every day at 360care

At 360care, we are in business to better the lives of our customers by improving access to quality care by serving as the link between senior care communities and ancillary providers.

We are committed to *providing exceptional experiences to all we serve *working towards goals with passion and urgency *consistently treating others with understanding and respect *improving through innovation while embracing the ever-changing healthcare landscape.

More than 3,000 senior care communities and more than 500 clinicians trust in 360care to help address the residents’ ancillary care needs. 360care works with the highest quality clinical professionals, who are dedicated to seeing that patients receive the best, most appropriate level of care.

Responsibilities

Seeking a compassionate Optometrist with a heart for the Geriatric and Underserved Communities.

The Optometric services we provide to the residents of the facilities we serve support our mission of improving quality of life!

As a 1099 Independent Contractor, you will receive great compensation and enjoy a flexible schedule. No evenings or weekends as we work around your availability.

We let you focus on providing the care you were trained for, making all clinical decisions, and we focus on the rest!

Why Providers Choose 360Care

  • Focus on Quality Patient Care
  • Flexible Scheduling, you pick the days!
  • Rewarding work with a guaranteed daily rate!
  • Logistics, Equipment and Administrative Support.

Responsibilities

  • Travel to skilled nursing and long term care facilities
  • Conduct Eye Exams with mobile Optometric equipment and interpret diagnostic results
  • Diagnose and treat ocular diseases
  • Prescribe, fit, and adjust eyeglasses

Recommend Follow Up Care and Treatments

  • Educate patients, families, and staff on vision and optical protocols and concerns.
  • Deliver excellent customer service through patient interactions

We Provide

  • Trained vision tech to assist
  • State of the art portable equipment and supplies
  • Auto-refractor, retinal camera, hand-held slit light, Tonopen
  • All scheduling and billing is completed by 360Care

Laptop for Documentation

  • Full office support including a Care Coordination team handling all consents, pre-authorizations, patient scheduling, post op and IT support
  • Field support and mentorship from Clinical Director

Qualifications

Requirements

  • Doctor of Optometry (OD) Degree
  • Active state license

If you are a licensed Optometrist in good standing, at any stage of your career, we encourage you to apply!

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Eye ExaminationsDiagnostic Result InterpretationOcular Disease DiagnosisOcular Disease TreatmentEyeglass PrescriptionEyeglass Fitting and AdjustmentFollow-Up Care RecommendationsPatient EducationVision CareGeriatric CarePatient CommunicationUse of Portable Optometric EquipmentClinical Decision-Making

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Optometrist at 360care a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Optometry — ranked against 1,782 active Optometry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Optometry Career Context

Of the 50 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 74% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Nebraska is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.4% of Nebraska clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Optometrist Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution21 jobs · 8 employers

7
<$165k
5
$165k-180k
1
$187k
6
$195k-210k
2
$210k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
79%
Sign-on bonus
50%
Loan repayment
25%
PSLF eligible
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Vision to Learn · Newark, New Jersey

$110-$120/hr
#2

Optometrist - Ophthalmology

Providence · Torrance, California

$74.17-$117.1/hr
#3

Optometrist - Venice, FL

From $200k
#4

Optometrist

From $200k
+ 26 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.8
Better work-life than 80% of Optometry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,782 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Lincoln

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$292k
Typical market rent
$1,308/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.6
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Lincoln, NE metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About 360care

Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Scheduling
Guaranteed Daily Rate
Logistics Support
Equipment Provided
Administrative Support
Trained Vision Tech
Laptop for Documentation
Care Coordination Team