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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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