Optometrist

Specsavers; Cessnock; On-site; AUD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional Indemnity Insurance

CPD Access/MyCPD portal

Health insurance discounts

Annual Specsavers Clinical Conference

Two free glasses per year

Annual 30% off for family and friends

Specsavers Perks App

Birthday & volunteer leave

Job summary

Specsavers is recruiting a permanent, full-time Optometrist for our Cessnock store in New South Wales. You will join a well-established team offering modern equipment and community-focused eye care, including OCT imaging and comprehensive testing.

Competitive salary up to $120,000 with superannuation, plus a range of staff benefits and career development opportunities. Join a supportive retail team and make a positive impact in a regional community while advancing your clinical interests through

Job description

Want to know the feeling of changing lives? Feels Like Specsavers
Join our team of dedicated professionals and be at the forefront of innovation in eye care! We’re about helping patients see and hear better by providing expert care. We’re also passionate about fostering career development for our team members, every single day.

• Career Growth: Grow your leadership skills as a Senior Optometrist or explore other career opportunities and passions with Specsavers, from mentorship to advancing in an area of clinical interest or focusing on making a difference in our communities through outreach work.
• Partner Pathway Program: We're not one huge business; we're hundreds of small ones. And you could be part of it. Our Specsavers Partner Pathway Program has helped 501 team members become store owners since 2012.
• Advancement and Accessibility in Technology: Enjoy cutting-edge technology like OCT scans for every patient at no extra cost, along with HFA-3 Visual fields, integrated software management systems, auto-phoropters, autorefractors, and non-contact tonometry in every store.
• Accredited Great Place to Work:We’re proud to have been accredited as a Great Place to Work for the last five years running and ranked 12th on the World’s Best Places to Work in 2025!
• Community Impact: We are passionate about giving back to the community and partnering with the Fred Hollows Foundation and we’ve donated over 10 million dollars, transforming lives by restoring sight and providing essential eye care.

If you feel like you want to make a difference in the world, we’re interested. What are you waiting for?
Join our Cessnocklocation on a permanent,full-time basis as their newest Optometrist!

• Salary Package: Up to $120,000 + Superannuation, dependent on experience.
  Roster: Full-time position, including one weekend day.
  Store Information: Join a well-established store featuring 2 testing rooms and 3 Optometrists, supported by a friendly, experienced, and collaborative retail team.
  Patient Demographic: Diverse patient base in a regional community, primarily consisting of working-class families and professionals.

Feel supported with our benefits and perks:

• Feel Valued in Your Role: Professional Indemnity Insurance is covered by Specsavers, and you gain access to MyCPD portal for continuous career development with an exclusive invite to the Annual Specsavers Clinical Conference!
• The Way We Feel: Your health and wellbeing is important to us - access to health insurance discounts, EAP, financial wellbeing tools and fitness passport gym discounts
• Birthday & volunteer leave
• Access to Specsavers Perks App - exclusive discounts and shopping program with multiple Australian retailers and grocers!
• Two free pairs of glasses each year + an annual 30% off discount for family and friends!

Is the Grass Greener - why choose Specsavers?
Specsavers Optometrists are leading the way in community eye care, identifying 90% of avoidable blindness and proudly achieving over 1m KeepSight registrations. We’re proud to say that we are maintaining a 93% glaucoma detection rate in-store and are helping 1 in 5 kids manage myopia.

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.

At Specsavers we believe a diverse, inclusive and flexible culture enables our people to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so.