Specsavers Whakatane is looking for a dedicated optometrist, to join the team and make a real difference for the local community.

About the role: 

  • High Salary Package
  • Will consider graduate optometrists
  • Market leading equipment: myopia control, RGP fitting, OCT and Visual fields
  • All rooms are fully equipped clinic rooms with lens flippers, pachymeter, prism bars, retinoscope, direct opthalmoscope, BIO, gonio lenses and 90D lenses.
  •  Registration and PII covered each year
  • Work a well-trained retail team, who are all able to dispense and who will make your life easier.

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 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%

For a confidential chat about this opportunity, contact Chris Rickard on +64 (0) 275 795 499 or chris.rickard@specsavers.com

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