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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 “Eye Clinic Manager”

• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• 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.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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