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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 “Independent Contractor”

• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• 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.
• 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.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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