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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/Practice Owner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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