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

Tasks for “Optometrist, Owner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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