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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”

• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• 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.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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