Pediatric Optometrist

Seattle Children’s is excited to announce an outstanding opportunity for a Pediatric Optometrist to join our expanding team!

Our division includes Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, Optometric Technicians, and administrative staff dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care and exceptional patient experiences. As part of our two-optometrist team, you will care for patients across our Seattle, Bellevue, and Everett clinic locations, working seamlessly alongside a multidisciplinary network of pediatric subspecialists—with around-the-clock access to Children’s specialties from birth through adolescence.

Key Responsibilities

• Comprehensive Care: Provide expert pediatric eye care and ensure seamless coordination between patients, residents, fellows, attending physicians, nursing staff, and community providers.

• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Partner closely with pediatric medical, surgical, and ancillary health teams to deliver holistic care.

• Excellence & Vision: Uphold the highest standards of patient care and service quality, aligning daily practice with Seattle Children's vision, goals, and family-centered philosophy.

Position Details

• Schedule: 1.0 FTE (Full-Time, Monday–Friday, Day Shift)

• Work-Life Balance: Includes 1 dedicated administrative day per week

Learn More & Apply

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This is a 1.0 FTE Monday-Friday day position, with 1 day for administrative work.

Required Education and Experience

• Doctor of Optometry (OD) Degree.
• Graduation from an accredited School of Optometry accredited by the Council on Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association and approved by the Washington State Board of Optometry.
• Formal Pediatric Optometry subspecialty training.

Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges at Seattle Children’s and other sites as applicable.

Required Credentials

• Licensed as an Optometrist in the State of Washington.
• Successful Completion of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) Parts I, II, III and the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease (TMOD).
• Endorsements for DPA/TPA, oral medications and epinephrine by Injection.

Prior to start of employment, must obtain, and maintain in good standing, medical or allied health professional staff privileges that are not limited, revoked, suspended, conditioned, or probationary, except for normal probationary periods due to initial appointment.

All medical and allied health professional staff members are provisional for the first year.

Any and all medical or allied health professional staff privileges at Children's will terminate automatically upon the termination of the individual's employment at Children's.

Termination of employment does not prohibit the individual from seeking medical or allied health professional staff privileges at Children’s as a non-employee in any category for which the individual qualifies.

Questions regarding medical or allied health professional staff privileges may be directed to Medical Staff Services.

Preferred

N/A.

Compensation

$148,726 - $180,460 per year

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.

Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants

This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.

Benefits Information

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website seattlechildrens.org.

About Us

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE

Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.

U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nation’s very best places to care for children and the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

As a Magnet designated institution, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values:

Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity and Innovation. Whether it’s delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner, practicing the highest standards of quality and safety, or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases, these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.

Our Commitment

Seattle Children’s welcomes people of all experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

The people who work at Seattle Children’s are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.

Seattle Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affirmative Action Employer.