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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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