Optometrist - Part time or PRN
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Job Description
Clarkson EyeCare, an EyeCare Partners practice, has a part-time or per diem Optometrist opportunity at our Perryville, MO office. We can work with your schedule!
What We Offer
- An outstanding practice environment with a strong focus on clinical excellence.
- A world-class support team that is dedicated and trained in providing efficient, patient-centered care.
- An established network for an immediate, sustained referral base.
- A custom and proprietary EHR system designed by doctors and the latest in technology and medical testing
Benefits
Competitive Compensation with Generous Productivity Bonus
- Comprehensive employee benefit package including retirement, health/dental/vision insurance, short term/long term leave, and paid vacation
- State license reimbursements
- Medical malpractice insurance
Company Information
Clarkson Eyecare is proud to be a part of the EyeCare Partners family. EyeCare Partners is a growing company that aims to set the highest standards of excellence, integrating the best patient care practices, and business operations processes, to optimize each practice. We aim to hire the best staff to support our compassionate and self-motivated Optometrists.
We would love for you to apply today and join our team!
You can apply online or contact Caitlin Covey, Physician Recruiting Director at caitlincovey@eyecare-partners.com.
Key Responsibilities
Provide efficient, patient-centered optometric care within the Perryville, MO office. Collaborate with a support team to maintain high standards of clinical excellence and utilize proprietary EHR systems.
Requirements
The candidate must be a qualified Optometrist. The role requires a commitment to patient-centered care and the ability to work within a clinical practice environment.
Key Skills
Optometry Career Context
In Missouri, the Optometry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$155k (10 salary observations; 94 listings), vs ~$152k nationally (726 salary observations; 4,237 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 46% require no weekends.
Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Perryville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $253k
- Median resident rent
- $944/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 86.1
- State income tax
- Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.