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Job Description

Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1041.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 117,580.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 56.00
• Currently, there are 36,430 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Optometrists”.

Also Known As…

• Optometrists
• Optometrist/Practice Owner
• Optometrist, President/Practice Owner
• Optometrist, Owner
• Optometrist
• Independent Contractor
• Eye Clinic Manager
• Doctor of Optometry (OD)
• Chief, Optometry Service
• Optometry Doctor (OD)

Tasks for “Chief, Optometry Service”

• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Examine eyes, using observation, instruments and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities such as glaucoma or color blindness.
• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.

Related Technology & Tools

• Horizontal prism bars
• Yellow condensing lenses
• Notebook computers
• Broken wheel visual acuity cards
• Loose prisms
• Snipe nose pliers
• Lachrymal dilators
• Skiascopic lens rack
• Adult fixation targets
• Wide jaw angling pliers
• Combination refractor keratometers
• Amsler grids
• Sphygmomanometers
• Phoroptors
• Multiple pinhole mask occluders
• Color vision testing devices
• Snellen eye charts
• Lens calipers
• Optical screwdrivers
• Gonioscopy lenses
• Retinal cameras
• Halberg clips
• Golf club spuds
• Ophthalmoscopes
• Lea symbols near vision cards
• Personal computers
• Fixation cards
• Non-contact handheld fundus lenses
• Worth 4-dot tests
• Tonometers
• Child fixation targets
• Scleral depressors
• 4-well lens holders
• Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopes
• Autorefractors
• Clear 78 diopter condensing lenses
• Multiple pin hole occluders
• Pupil diameter PD rules
• 8-well lens flippers
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Fundus cameras
• Retinoscopy racks
• Single Lea symbol books
• Randot stereo tests
• Hruby lenses
• Lensometers
• Pediatric near point cards
• Ophthalmic transilluminators
• Trial lens sets
• Biomicroscopes
• Clear 20 diopter condensing lenses
• Corneal topographers
• Ishihara plates
• Combined cover paddle occluders
• Contact lens loupes
• Lachrymal cannulae
• Half nylon gripping pliers
• HRR Hardy-Rand-Rittler plates
• Corneal pachymeters
• Retinoscopes
• Desktop computers
• Lens clocks

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