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Job Description

Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions. May administer eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct the patient in care and use of corrective lenses.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2057.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,040.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
Currently, there are 43,990 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Ophthalmic Medical Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Certified Ophthalmic Assistant”

Take and document patients' medical histories.
Assist patients to select eyewear.
Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
Adjust or make minor repairs to spectacles or eyeglasses.
Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.
Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.
Assist patients to insert or remove contact lenses.
Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using retinoscopes.

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Wide jaw angling pliers
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Combination refractor keratometers
Potential acuity meters
Optical coherence tomography OCT scanners
A-scan biometers
Fundus cameras
Ophthalmic tonometers
Ophthalmic slit lamps
Corneal pachymeters
Optical interferometers
Optical screwdrivers
Snellen eye charts
Manual blood pressure cuffs
Ophthalmic syringes
Ocular transilluminators
Retinoscopes
Optokinetic drums
Digital pupillometers
Phoroptors
Hertel exophthalmometers
B-Scan biometers
Personal computers
Steam autoclaves
Eye chart projectors
Ophthalmic tonographers
Retinal tomography machines
Color blindness tests
Stereo vision tests
Tangent screens
Manual pupillometers
Brightness acuity testers
Flat nose pliers
Laser facsimile machines
Corneal topographers
Snipe nose pliers
Handheld occluders
Manual lensometers
Wavefront aberrometers
Autorefractors
Titmus vision screeners
Millimeter rules
Visual acuity cards
Jaeger lid plates
Automated lensometers
Maddox rods
Luedde exophthalmometers
Ophthalmoscopes
Loose prisms
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