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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”

• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• 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.
• 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.
• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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