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

Tasks for “Chief, Optometry Service”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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