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Aria Care Partners
Lafayette, Louisiana

Optometrist

OptometristPart-Time

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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 couple of times per month to five days 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!

#LI-KH1

Requirements

Candidates must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record. The role is open to both new graduates and experienced physicians.

Key Skills

OptometryOcular disease diagnosisEyeglass fittingPatient education

Optometry Career Context

Of the 50 active Optometrist listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 68% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Optometrist Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution21 jobs · 12 employers

8
<$160k
5
$160k-175k
2
$175k-190k
6
$190k-205k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
67%
Sign-on bonus
52%
Loan repayment
29%
PSLF eligible
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 2.8
Better work-life than 50% of Optometry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,840 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Lafayette

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$227k
Typical market rent
$1,329/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.2
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lafayette, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Aria Care Partners

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Overland Park, Kansas
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Production based model with minimum per day rate guaranteed
Time and mileage rates for drives to/from facilities
Overnight lodging and meals for locations greater than 2.5 hours
Additional travel stipend
Mileage reimbursement
Paid time for driving that exceeds normal commute time
Clinical operations team manages scheduling and billing