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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, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• 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.
• 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.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• 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 therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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