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Job Description

Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions. May administer eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct the patient in care and use of corrective lenses.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2057.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,040.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
Currently, there are 43,990 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Ophthalmic Medical Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Certified Ophthalmic Assistant”

Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.
Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
Assist patients to select eyewear.
Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using retinoscopes.
Assist patients to insert or remove contact lenses.
Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.
Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
Take and document patients' medical histories.
Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
Adjust or make minor repairs to spectacles or eyeglasses.
Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.

Related Technology & Tools

Hertel exophthalmometers
Snellen eye charts
Combination refractor keratometers
Loose prisms
Personal computers
Eye chart projectors
Ophthalmic slit lamps
Manual pupillometers
Manual lensometers
Visual acuity cards
Naugle exophthalmometers
Corneal pachymeters
Brightness acuity testers
Fundus cameras
Flat nose pliers
Titmus vision screeners
Maddox rods
Automated lensometers
Amsler grids
Luedde exophthalmometers
Optokinetic drums
Steam autoclaves
Ophthalmic syringes
Wide jaw angling pliers
B-Scan biometers
Bio-microscopes
Jaeger lid plates
Wavefront aberrometers
Retinoscopes
Autorefractors
Optical coherence tomography OCT scanners
Ocular transilluminators
Retinal tomography machines
Optical interferometers
Corneal topographers
Ophthalmic tonographers
Laser facsimile machines
Color blindness tests
Ophthalmic tonometers
Tangent screens
Optical screwdrivers
Manual blood pressure cuffs
Millimeter rules
Snipe nose pliers
Ophthalmoscopes
Digital pupillometers
A-scan biometers
Potential acuity meters
Handheld occluders
Phoroptors
Stereo vision tests
Ophthalmic perimeters

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