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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)
• Optometry Doctor (OD)
• Chief, Optometry Service

Tasks for “Chief, Optometry Service”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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