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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”

• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• 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.
• 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.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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