Patients look to optical dispensers for their expertise when it comes to finding the best fitting frame. And the prescription often has a bearing on what’s feasible, writes DINA ANASTAS. Read more
Practice for sale – Regional NSW, coastal location
The business has been established for 25 years. It comprises one full time and one satellite practice. The owner, who has operated these clinically driven practices from foundation, is now looking to pass the practices into the hands of a new community minded owner. With a turnover of above $1.5m these practices are now available on favourable terms. Long term leases will be offered. The owner is also willing to work in the practice on a part time basis. Read more
Optometry Development Consultant (Professional Services), Port Melbourne – VIC
What we can offer you
At Specsavers we promise to make you feel good, smart and cared for. To support this promise we have a range of different benefits within the support office, that include.
- Quarterly Bonus Scheme
- Two free pairs of glasses
- On site free parking
- Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Paid Parental leave
- Health & Wellbeing programs
- Fully funded Social Club – provides a wide range of activities throughout the year.
We are well-known for valuing our people and offer not only competitive reward and benefits but also ongoing development and training
The Role & Team
The Optometry Development Consultant (Professional Services) is a key role within the Specsavers Optometry Support team. Reporting into the Professional Services Manager you will work collaboratively across various teams to support and develop strategies that enhance clinical and commercial outcomes across Australia and New Zealand.
In your role you will contribute to strategies that advance clinical care and protect optometrists from risk, using clinical data and insights to identify trends and support professional development. You will provide support and advice to Optometrists and Partners to drive. Consistent standards of care, and positively influence optometrists and the customer experience. You will have the opportunity to hone a vast array of skills from delivery of verbal presentations to evolution of internal processes and systems that support clinical governance.
Your work will directly contribute to Specsavers’ professional support offering and influence behavioural change in our workforce to deliver on the Clinical Roadmap.
The skills we are looking for
- Significant experience as an Optometrist
- Excellent communication, adaptability and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and influence a broad network of stakeholders
- Comprehensive understanding of optometry within a high-volume practice
- Experience with implementing change
- Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly within a high-performance, fast-paced environment
- Strong detail-orientation
About Us
The Optometry Development Consultant (Professional Services) role will be based in Port Melbourne. We employ over five hundred staff across a variety of retail support office functions from Marketing to Finance as well as having more unique departments such as Audiology, Optometry and Glazing Services!
We like to think it’s a fun and positive place to work – why not have a look for yourself www.join.specsavers.com/au/department/support-office
Here at Specsavers, we support flexible working wherever possible to assist our people in achieving a balance between their work and personal life. We aim to provide flexibility in where, how and when we work.
Applicants for the role are required to have Australian working rights.
Optometry Development Consultant (Clinical Systems), Port Melbourne – VIC
What we can offer you
At Specsavers we promise to make you feel good, smart and cared for. To support this promise we have a range of different benefits within the support office, that include.
- Quarterly Bonus Scheme
- Two free pairs of glasses
- On site free parking
- Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Paid Parental leave
- Health & Wellbeing programs
- Fully funded Social Club – provides a wide range of activities throughout the year.
We are well-known for valuing our people and offer not only competitive reward and benefits but also ongoing development and training.
The Role & Team
The Optometry Development Consultant (Clinical Systems) role sits within the fifteen-strong Specsavers Optometry Support team. Reporting into the Clinical Systems Manager and working collaboratively within the wider team, you will leverage clinical technology and systems to enhance clinical and commercial outcomes across Australia and New Zealand.
As an Optometry Development Consultant, you will be heavily involved in the exploration, development, piloting and successful delivery of exciting new clinical technology initiatives. You will also support the delivery of improvements to existing clinical systems and processes. These activities form part of our Clinical Roadmap, an evolution of the clinical journey to allow all Specsavers optometrists to focus on, and excel in the provision of eyecare across Australia and New Zealand.
Leveraging clinical technology, you will influence behavioural changes in the Specsavers’ optometry workforce to drive optimal patient outcomes. You will work collaboratively with Optometry and other Support Office teams to drive strategies that positively influence access to eyecare services, consistent high standards of clinical care, Optometrists’ professional engagement and development, and external stakeholder engagement.
The Skills we are looking for
- Significant experience as an Optometrist
- Excellent communication, adaptability and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and influence a broad network of stakeholders
- Comprehensive understanding of optometry within a high-volume practice
- Experience with implementing change
- Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly within a high-performance, fast-paced environment
- Strong detail-orientation
About Us
The Optometry Development Consultant (Clinical Systems) role will be based in Port Melbourne. We employ over five hundred staff across a variety of retail support office functions from Marketing to Finance as well as having more unique departments such as Audiology, Optometry and Glazing Services!
We like to think it’s a fun and positive place to work – why not have a look for yourself www.join.specsavers.com/au/department/support-office
Here at Specsavers, we support flexible working wherever possible to assist our people in achieving a balance between their work and personal life. We aim to provide flexibility in where, how and when we work.Applicants for the role are required to have Australian working rights.
New partnership opportunity: Singleton, NSW
Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of a new business opportunity? We’re looking for an ambitious and energetic optometrist to join us as the founding partner at the soon-to-open Specsavers Singleton in New South Wales. Read more
The year ahead for Orthoptics Australia
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ProVision introduces new business resource for next generation of independent owners
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The Australian Save Sight registries
When people ask me how on Earth I decided to be an eye doctor I have to admit my father was one. I had never intended to do what he did and I thought I had ignored all his advice. When he told me that ‘observational’ (a.k.a. ‘Phase 4’ or ‘post-marketing’) studies were needed to show that treatments identified by randomised clinical trials (RCTs) actually worked in routine clinical practice, I thought he was just trying to boost his publication list. It turns out that I was wrong about that too. Read more
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Optometrist – Southern Highlands, NSW
Are you dreaming of a tree change with new challenges? Looking for full scope independent optometry practice with full professional freedom and opportunities to learn? Read more