Full-Time Optometrist Opportunity – Dubbo, NSW

Full-Time Optometrist Opportunity – Dubbo, NSW

Are you seeking an opportunity to live and work in one of New South Wales vibrant regional centres? Uncover the vibrant lifestyle awaiting you in Dubbo!

Dubbo climate provides abundant sunshine and perfect conditions for outdoor activities like hiking, camping, and wildlife watching. The city boasts modern amenities, including shopping centres, restaurants, and entertainment venues.

Transportation is also a breeze, thanks to well-connected road networks and domestic flights from the Dubbo City Regional Airport. Families will also appreciate the range of schooling options available.

About the store and role:

• Full-time role available, offering stability and consistency in your career path
• Enjoy a competitive salary package tailored to your experience
• Access cutting-edge equipment, including OCT, in Dubbo’s well-equipped 4-test room store
• Collaborate with a team of 5 experienced optometrists who are committed to mentoring and supporting you whenever needed, fostering professional growth
• Benefit from regular, in person CPD events, providing opportunities for ongoing learning and skill enhancement
• Proud two-time recipient of the Doug Perkins Medal, for consistently demonstrating high standards of clinical excellence.
• Engage with a primarily older demographic, with a significant prevalence of diabetic patients, allowing you to focus on pathology, chronic disease management, and therapeutics
• Collaborate closely with local ophthalmologists to co-manage patients, ensuring comprehensive and holistic care
• Thrive in a supportive team environment, with opportunities for continuous professional development and progression, including Pathway to Partnership

What is on offer for a Graduate Optometrist?

Your Graduate Recruitment Consultant can discuss the package available for this store and potential additional incentive options such as allowances, extra annual leave, etc.

As a newly qualified Optometrist on the Graduate Program, you will experience –

• A $15k sign on bonus and $10K annual bonus!
• Two-day Graduate Induction Event held in Melbourne
• Ongoing in-person professional development events
• In-region social engagement & CPD events
• One-to-one mentorship in store with your Mentor
• Wide graduate support network
• Annual CPD allowance and AHPRA registration

This store is a star performer under our ‘Specsavers: The Place to Work’ initiative, offering the following key benefits to all store team members:

• Birthday leave
• Volunteer Leave
• Access to Specsavers Perks staff discount program
• Two free pairs of glasses each year
• 30% off glasses voucher for family and friends each year

Why choose Specsavers?

• Specsavers are rated the market leader for eye tests, and the retailer of choice for contact lenses in Australia and New Zealand
• We are on a continual mission to transform eye health by: eliminating preventable vision loss and blindness, including Glaucoma and Diabetes, through improved prevention and early detection
• Specsavers optometrists are picking up 90% of avoidable blindness in the community
• Proud to have well and truly reached 700,000 KeepSight registrations
• Our stores have a 93% Glaucoma detection rate
• 1 in 5 kids are on Myopia management
• Specsavers is proud to announce we’re the 6th best place to work in Australia in 2024, and have been an accredited ‘Great Place to Work’ organisation for the past four years
• Since 2011, Specsavers has donated $7.8 million dollars to The Fred Hollows Foundation to help fund vital projects that improve the delivery of eye health services, strengthen health systems, and build a workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to help end avoidable blindness

For a confidential chat, contact Ruby Lewis on +61 (0) 447 889 110 or ruby.lewis@specsavers.com

click here to see what a Day in the life of a Specsavers Optom looks like.

If you are a final year student or recent graduate, please contact your Graduate Recruitment Consultant or email apac.graduateteam@specsavers.com

If you aren’t looking but know someone who is, you could earn up to $15k through our Refer a Friend bonus