optometrist
Optometrists examine and test eyes to identify abnormalities, visual problems, or disease. They prescribe and fit lenses such as spectacles and contacts, and offer advice on visual problems. They may also refer patients to a medical practitioner. Their scope of practice and title varies according to national regulations.
Also called: specialist in optometry, expert optometrist, optometry practitioner, ophthalmic optician, optometric expert, specialist optometrist, practitioner of optometry
- 46
- essential skills
- 14
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
46- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise customers on optical instruments maintenance
- advise on contact lense maintenance
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise patients on vision improvement conditions
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply numeracy skills
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- deal with emergency care situations
- determine eye disease progression
- diagnose problems of the visual system
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- eye protection regulations
- fit contact lenses
- follow clinical guidelines
- have computer literacy
- implement marketing strategies
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage staff
- optical glass characteristics
- optical instruments
- perform comprehensive eye examinations
- perform ocular tonometry
- prescribe corrective lenses
- process payments
- promote inclusion
- promote ocular health
- provide therapy of the visual system
- quality standards of ophthalmic equipment
- record healthcare users' billing information
- refer healthcare users
- refraction of the eye
- respond to changing situations in health care
- test visual acuity
- use ophthalmic instruments
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional skills
14- administer medication for vision problems
- contribute to continuity of health care
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- implement sales strategies
- participate in medical inventory control
- perform vision rehabilitation
- preventive medicine
- provide domiciliary eyecare
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
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