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

Tasks for “Optometrist, President/Practice Owner”

• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• 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.
• 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.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• 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 therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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