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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”

• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• 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.
• 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.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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