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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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