Description
Perform administrative and clinical support in an optometry practice under an optometrist's direction. Administrative duties include scheduling, maintaining vision and medical records, verifying insurance, and processing billing. Clinical duties include obtaining ocular histories, pretesting (visual acuity, autorefraction, keratometry, tonometry), preparing patients, assisting with imaging and exams, teaching contact lens care, and instilling eye drops or medications as directed.
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Writing
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Active Learning
- • Learning Strategies
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Coordination
- • Instructing
- • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Finger Dexterity
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administrative
- • Customer and Personal Service
Engineering and Technology
- • Computers and Electronics
Health Services
- • Medicine and Dentistry
- • Therapy and Counseling
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
Related specializations
Interview options
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Related Pathways
Healthcare & Human Services
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
