Optometrist Opportunities in the Sunshine Coast, QLD!

2 February 2024

Optometrist Opportunities in the Sunshine Coast, QLD!

Looking for a lifestyle change? Why not move to the beautiful Sunshine Coast in QLD? You’ll have stunning beaches at your doorstep and the lifestyle benefits of a coastal town with big city amenities. Brisbane is only an hours drive away! We are looking for patient focused and passionate Optometrists to join the Specsavers family at various stores on the Sunshine Coast.

What we have to offer:

  • Market leading technology – including OCT free for EVERY patient
  • Excellent career development opportunities – such as Pathway to partnership, mentorship and community engagement opportunities
  • Competitive salaries with loads of additional extras!
  • Roster agreed in advance so you can plan your personal life
  • Flexible working options such as full-time, part-time or fixed term

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 –  

  • 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  Leah Coulter on +61 (0) 429 783 450 or leah.coulter@specsavers.com or 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