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

Tasks for “Independent Contractor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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