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Crossover Health
New York, New York

PRN Optometrist

OptometristPer Diem

Listed compensation

$68.86-$90/hr

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Job Description

About Crossover Health

Crossover Health is creating the future of health as it should be.

A national, team-based medical group with a focus on wellbeing and prevention that extends beyond traditional sick care, the company delivers an entirely new model of healthcare—Primary Health—built on the foundation of trusted relationships, an interdisciplinary care team approach, and outcomes-based payment.

Crossover’s Primary Health model integrates primary care, physical medicine, mental health, health coaching, care navigation and more, and delivers care in surround-sound—in-person, virtually and via asynchronous messaging.

Together we are building a community of members that embraces healthcare as a proactive part of their lifestyle.

Job Summary

The Optometrist focuses on delivering primary vision care as part of Crossover’s patient-centered medical home.

  • Job Responsibilities
  • Provides primary vision care
  • Conducts eye examinations to diagnose vision problems and ocular diseases
  • Measures patients visual perception, acuity, focus and coordination ability
  • Analyzes test results and develops a treatment plan

Utilizes diagnostic procedures and eye drops to aid in the diagnosis of vision problems and prescribes pharmaceutics to treat eye diseases

Diagnoses conditions caused by systemic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, referring patients to other health practitioners in Crossover’s practice as needed

Ensures clinic areas and instrumentation meet quality compliance standards

Manages communication with patients, other Crossover practitioners, and optical partners to support quality clinical care

Committed to patient satisfaction, providing excellent service and delivering an outstanding eye care experience

Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum 3 years demonstrated success in patient-centered optometry practice
  • License to practice optometry in applicable state
  • Graduate of an accredited school of Optometry
  • Current BLS (Basic Life Support) certification

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to quickly learn new procedures and processes
  • Strong organizational and follow-through skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Physical Job Requirements

  • May require standing, walking and sitting for extended amounts of time.
  • Occasionally lift and carry items weighing up to 50 lbs.

Manual and Finger Dexterity and Hand-eye Coordination

Includes full range of body motion including potential of handling and lifting patients.

Requires corrected vision, hearing and speech within normal ranges. Must be able to effectively communicate with patients and team members.

The base pay range for this position is $68.86 to $90 per hour. Pay range may vary depending on work location, applicable knowledge, skills, and experience. This position will be eligible for 401K.

Crossover Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, veteran status, disability, history of disability or perceived disability. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at careers@crossoverhealth.com.

To all recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Key Responsibilities

The Optometrist provides primary vision care, conducts eye examinations, and develops treatment plans for patients within a medical home model. They also manage communication with clinical teams and ensure that all clinic instrumentation meets quality compliance standards.

Requirements

Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in patient-centered optometry and hold a valid state license to practice. A graduate degree from an accredited school of Optometry and current BLS certification are required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Ocular disease managementPatient-centered careClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationTreatment planning

Optometry Career Context

Crossover Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 33 active listings.

In New York, the Optometry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$150k (101 salary observations; 284 listings), vs ~$152k nationally (713 salary observations; 4,151 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 78% have no call, 45% require no weekends.

Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$165k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $153k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution26 jobs · 13 employers

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<$165k
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$165k-190k
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$190k-215k
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$240k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs · 13 employers

401k / retirement match
85% this job
CME allowance
62%
Sign-on bonus
54%
Loan repayment
27%
PSLF eligible
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Optometry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,938 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$876k
Typical market rent
$4,154/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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