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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 Technician with Surgical Assisting”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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