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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”

• 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.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• 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.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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