Graduate Optometrist opportunity – Darwin, NT

27 May 2021

Keen to live where it’s summer all year round? Urging for a sea change? What about affordable housing and safe communities? Darwin could be the place for you!

About the role:

  • Competitive salary on offer – including relocation allowance and bonuses for the right candidate
  • Access to state-of-the-art market leading technology including OCT
  • Work with a varied patient demographic including regular pathology and indigenous care
  • Excellent support for career progression and development

About the store: 

Located in Hibiscus Shopping town, Specsavers Darwin North offers a busy store with 2 test rooms, an experienced and supportive retail team and excellent relationships with local Ophthalmologists and GP’s.

This store is star performer under the ‘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

For a confidential chat about this opportunity, contact Marie Stewart on +61 (0) 408 084 134 or email marie.stewart@specsavers.com

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

Remember – we have a Refer a Friend cash bonus for any optometrist we place in a locum or full-time position who isn’t known to us.

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 transforming eye health by: eliminating preventable vision loss and blindness, including Glaucoma and Diabetes, through improved prevention and early detection.
  • In 2021, we are detecting glaucoma in 1.43% of our patients, nearly matching the reported national prevalence rate of 1.5%
  • Proud to have well and truly reached 200,000 KeepSight registrations
  • In April 2021, Specsavers had surpassed their target of registering 200,000 patients for their KeepSight initiative, with 80% of KeepSight registered patients who were due for their eye test attending on time
  • We are continuously working to reduce the 50% of people with diabetes who do not receive regular eye checks
  • We estimate our Optometrists have reduced the level of undiagnosed glaucoma among our patients by at least 60%