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

Tasks for “Optometrist/Practice Owner”

• 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 medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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