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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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