Mobile Optometrist - Metro Atlanta - Part Time to Full Time
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
- Training & development
Competitive Salary
Make a meaningful impact delivering eye care to seniors in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. Senior Healthcare Services is an established mobile podiatry and optometry practice serving facilities across metro Atlanta and North Georgia, and we're growing.
What You'll Do
- Comprehensive eye exams for an established nursing home and long-term care population
- Diabetic retinopathy screening, glaucoma, cataract and macular degeneration monitoring
- Retinal imaging and ERG where clinically indicated
- Refractions and prescriptions for our facility glasses program
- On-site EHR documentation (we provide the device and training)
Why Join Us
- Competitive pay, based on experience
- A trained technician travels with you to set up equipment and prep patients
- Full support: credentialing, scheduling, billing and revenue cycle handled for you
- Established patient base with consistent volume from day one
- No weekends, no call, no overhead or lease
Requirements
- OD degree and active Georgia optometry license with TPA certification
- Individual Medicare provider number (we handle group credentialing)
- Current malpractice insurance
- Reliable transportation and valid driver's license
- Willing to perform refractions for our glasses program
- Available at least 3 days a week, Monday through Friday
- PREFERRED
- Experience in skilled nursing or long-term care
- Owns portable diagnostic equipment (fundus camera, ERG, handheld autorefractor)
Job Type: Part-time to full-time. Location: Field-based, metro Atlanta and North Georgia.
Key Responsibilities
Perform comprehensive eye exams and monitor ocular conditions for patients in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. Provide refractions, prescriptions, and on-site EHR documentation for the facility glasses program.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mobile Optometrist - Metro Atlanta - Part Time to Full Time at Senior Healthcare Services a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Optometry — ranked against 1,970 active Optometry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Optometry Career Context
Of the 50 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 76% have no call, 42% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.1 / 10 · top 25% in optometry | ranked against 1,970 Optometry listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Optometry median $159k (middle half $150k–$174k)227 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Georgia index 96.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Optometry listings in Georgia | 70 active | 1,977 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 76% no call · 42% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US healthcare professional listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 8% offer loan repayment2,006 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,970 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No call
- No weekends
About Senior Healthcare Services
Benefits & Perks
Living in Atlanta
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $375k
- Typical market rent
- $1,942/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.