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Warrior Vets Medical Services P
Jacksonville, North Carolina

Optometrist - WarriorVets Medical Services, PL

OptometristContract

Listed compensation

$150 per hour

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Optometrist: Serve Veterans and Make Thousands Per Month

Efficient, High-Pay Contractor Opportunity

Contract with our leading clinician-owned and led health company today! The Warrior Vets Medical Services team provides exemplary optometry services. We provide in-person care to current and former US Military veterans. Our team is seeking a licensed optometrist to conduct assessments for our veteran population.

We pay up to $150 per hour; you will receive compensation for each evaluation. We remit payment within 45 days of encounter documentation in our user-friendly records system.

Typical Appointments

In-person appointments consist of general optometry evaluations. Evaluations are performed once per veteran and typically take 60 minutes. There are no ongoing treatment needs for these veterans; it is a one-time encounter.

Our current need is two 8 HR days per week. We efficiently schedule a series of evaluation appointments that last no more than a total of eight hours each day.

No Administrative Tasks Required

Our back-office support team handles all administrative work, including contracting with the Veterans Administration, liaising with contractors, and payment. This approach allows you to spend your time where it should be, with your patients.

Training and Experience

These evaluations make a difference in the lives of veterans and directly impact their access to the ongoing care they need.

Requirements

  • Unrestricted medical license in residing state (board certified or board eligible preferred, but not required)
  • 1+ year of clinical work experience
  • Strong interpersonal written and oral communication skills

Enjoy the freedom to create your own custom schedules with the perfect work/life balance.

Warrior Vets Medical Services offers a variety of part-time and/or full-time options to our clinicians. Our part-time clinicians will work as independent contractors.

We Offer

  • Work/life balance
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Superior payment

Key Responsibilities

The optometrist will conduct in-person general optometry evaluations for US Military veterans. The role involves performing one-time assessments without the need for ongoing treatment or administrative tasks.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentPatient careWritten communicationMedical documentation

Optometry Career Context

Warrior Vets Medical Services P holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 42 active listings.

Of the 42 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

Optometry by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$312kOptometry median $281k (middle half $281k–$281k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$331k in purchasing powerNorth Carolina index 94.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Optometry listings in North Carolina113 active2,022 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 64% no call · 50% no weekends42 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNorth Carolina healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 52% state a sign-on bonus · 10% offer loan repayment115 active listings, Nov 2026
New Optometry listings482 in the last 30 days476 the 30 days before (about the same)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Optometry pay trend+4.4% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Warrior Vets Medical Services Psilver tier, 74/100Top Employers work-life index42 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Optometrist Jobs

8 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

8 jobs
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<$155k
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$155k-165k
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$165k
3
$170k+

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution

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Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Market Managing Optometrist- Westchester and Long Island, NY- LensCrafters brand

Luxottica of America · Scarsdale, New York

$159k–$222k
#2

Optometrist

Permanente Health Care Ventures · Portland, Oregon

$142k-$170k
#3

Optometrist

$130k-$170k
#4

Optometrist

$130k-$165k
+ 6 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,999 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Jacksonville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$252k
Typical market rent
$1,421/mo
Residents’ average commute
15 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.1
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Jacksonville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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