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.
- • Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- • Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using retinoscopes.
- • Assist patients to insert or remove contact lenses.
- • Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.
- • Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
- • Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
- • Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
- • Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.
- • Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- • Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
- • Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
- • Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
- • Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
- • Take and document patients' medical histories.
- • Adjust or make minor repairs to spectacles or eyeglasses.
- • Assist patients to select eyewear.
- • Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
- • Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
- • Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
- • Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
