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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 “Optometrist, President/Practice Owner”

• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• 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 vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• 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.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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