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Aria Care Partners
Waterloo, Iowa

Optometrist

OptometristNo callPart-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Whether you are a new college graduate or a seasoned physician, this could be a perfect opportunity! As an Aria Care Partners Optometrist, your responsibilities include servicing patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities in your area. Delivering clinical services and routine, acute, and chronic eye disease care.

To be successful in this role, you should be able to treat all kinds of patients with kindness and discretion, from the disabled to the elderly. Ultimately, you will ensure the accurate diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and injuries.

Work-Life Balance that Works for You! Work as little as a one day per week. We work with your schedule!

Compensation

  • Production based model with minimum per day rate guaranteed.
  • Time and mileage rates given for drives to/from facilities.

*Candidates must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct eye exams using mobile optometric equipment and general diagnostic interpretation.
  • Diagnose and treat ocular disease.
  • Prescribe, fit, and adjust eyeglasses.
  • Recommend appropriate patient follow-up and care options.
  • Answer questions and educate patients, family or responsible parties, and facility staff about any concerning vision and optical matters.
  • Deliver outstanding customer service through all patient interactions.
  • Support in the development of the overall service.

Do what you do best, patient care! We focus on the clinical operations team managing all the coordination, including Scheduling and billing, so you can stay focused on doing what you love, providing "The Senior Standard of Care" to our patients!

Location

This position covers central or southern Louisiana. For locations greater than 2.5 hours, the company offers overnight lodging and meals and additional travel stipend. Mileage reimbursement is included, as well as paid time for all driving that exceeds normal commute time.

Aria Care Partners is the national leader in providing onsite dental, vision, hearing, and podiatry care to over 3500 long-term care and skilled nursing facilities across 25 states. Aria Care Partners believes that our clinicians should be able to focus on providing the best, most comprehensive care for their patients.

Our clinicians visit different skilled nursing communities daily, bringing life-affirming care to an underserved population. Our business model, innovation, customer support and teamwork deliver an unparalleled customer experience, resulting in a customer satisfaction rating of over 98%.

Executing this strategic philosophy resulted in rapid company growth with revenue increases of 25%-30% annually over the last 4 years, nearly doubling the size of the company.

Company values include caring fully for our customers and fellow employees, striving for excellence and continuous improvement, and excelling through the power of teamwork and collaboration. At Aria Care Partners, our mission is to enrich the quality of life for every resident with passion and compassion.

Working at Aria Matters!

Requirements

Candidates must be licensed optometrists with a valid driver's license and a clean driving record. The role is open to both new graduates and experienced physicians.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

OptometryOcular disease diagnosisEyeglass fittingPatient education

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Optometrist at Aria Care Partners a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Optometry — ranked against 1,991 active Optometry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Optometry Career Context

Of the 50 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 76% have no call, 42% require no weekends.

Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Optometry by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in optometryranked against 1,991 Optometry listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedOptometry median $159k (middle half $150k–$175k)237 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingIowa index 87.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Optometry listings in Iowa12 active2,015 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 76% no call · 42% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings: 32% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 8% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Optometry listings603 in the last 30 days401 the 30 days before (+50%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Optometry pay trend+5.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,991 Optometry listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Optometry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,991 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Aria Care Partners

Hospitals and Health Care
Overland Park, Kansas
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Mileage reimbursement
Overnight lodging and meals for locations >2.5 hours
Paid driving time exceeding normal commute

Living in Waterloo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$171k
Typical market rent
$909/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.1
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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