Houston Methodist

Neuro Ophthalmologist - Texas Medical Center

The Neuro Ophthalmologist provides expert medical care to diagnose and treat visual deficiencies and diseases of the eye. Responsibilities include conducting routine eye exams, referring patients to specialists, performing diagnostic testing, managing hospital day call consults, and leading clinical and patient quality initiatives to ensure consistent clinical performance and practice standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide expert medical care to patients to diagnose and treat visual deficiencies defects of the eye and diagnose and medically manage diseases of the eye
  • Conduct routine eye examinations on patients
  • Refer patients to medical specialists
  • Perform and interpret diagnostic testing and neuro treatment plans, based on their condition
  • Manage and perform Hospital day call consults in a triage and referral to neuro fellows and subspecialty attendings role (.4 fte)
  • Provide leadership, knowledge, and experience from a management perspective on clinical and patient quality initiatives that support the provision of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the hospital
  • Assure safe and reliable processes are embedded into the delivery of health care
  • Develop a culture which values patient safety, clinical excellence, evidence-based medicine, and continuous learning
  • Serve as a role model for I CARE values, fostering a culture of unparalleled safety, quality, service, and innovation
  • Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating I CARE values
  • Practice the Caring and Serving Model
  • Deliver personalized service using HM Service Standards
  • Provide exceptional patient/customer experiences by following Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)
  • Collaborate intentionally with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees’ experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience
  • Involve patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable
  • Actively support the organization’s vision, fulfill the mission and abide by the I CARE values
Benefits & Perks
  • Uniform
  • Scrubs
  • Business professional
  • Other (department approved)
  • On Call*
  • May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
  • May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area
Come lead with us at Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group

Interested candidates, please forward a copy of your CV to Lynn - Lwelch@houstonmethodist.org

At Houston Methodist, the Neuro Opthalmologist position is responsible for providing expert medical care to patients to diagnose and treat visual deficiencies defects of the eye and diagnose and medically manage diseases of the eye. This position's duties include conducting routine eye examinations on patients, referring patients to medical specialists and performing and interpreting diagnostic testing and neuro treatment plans, based on their condition. This position also manages and performs Hospital day call consults in a triage and referral to neuro fellows and subspecialty attendings role (.4 fte). This position provides leadership, knowledge, and experience from a management perspective on clinical and patient quality initiatives that support the provision of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the hospital. The Optometrist position assures safe and reliable processes are embedded into the delivery of health care, and develops a culture which values patient safety, clinical excellence, evidence-based medicine, and continuous learning. This position is a role model for I CARE values, fostering a culture of unparalleled safety, quality, service, and innovation.

TMHPO Physician

Houston Methodist Experience Expectations

PATIENT AGE GROUP(S) AND POPULATION(S) SERVED

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Service Essential Functions

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Finance Essential Functions

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Other Responsibilities

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Work Experience

EDUCATION

Licenses And Certifications - Required

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED - ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Licenses And Certifications - Preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

WORK ATTIRE

ON-CALL

TRAVEL

  • Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional, ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth, dignity, and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.
  • Practices the Caring and Serving Model
  • Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards
  • Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)
  • Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees’ experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience
  • Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job
  • Actively supports the organization’s vision, fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values
  • Refer to departmental "Scope of Service" and "Provision of Care" plans, as applicable, for description of primary age groups and populations served by this job for the respective HM entity.
  • Uniform
  • Scrubs
  • Business professional
  • Other (department approved)
  • On Call*
  • May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
  • May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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