Physician

Optometrist
General Summary: The Optometrist provides high quality care within the scope of his/her chosen specialty. This care should be comprehensive, coordinated, and patient and family-centered to achieve clinical and service excellence.
Essential Job Functions*:

• Perform vision tests and analyze results
• Diagnose sight problems, such as nearsightedness or farsightedness and eye diseases, such as glaucoma
• Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, and medications
• Provide treatments such as vision therapy or low-vision rehabilitation
• Provide pre- and postoperative care to patients undergoing eye surgery
• Evaluate and examine patients referred for diabetic eye exams and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other healthcare providers as needed
• Promote eye health by counseling patients, including explaining how to clean and wear contact lenses
• Analyze test results and develop a tr...