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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
• Doctor of Optometry (OD)
• Chief, Optometry Service
• Optometry Doctor (OD)
• Eye Clinic Manager

Tasks for “Eye Clinic Manager”

• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• 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.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• 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 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.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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