Optometrist Opportunity (3 Days)

Hampton, Melbourne VIC

Some practices recruit constantly. Others… almost never.

This is one of those practices.

Hampton Eyecare has built a reputation over decades for delivering thoughtful, patient-first care - and for keeping their team. With one of their long-standing Optometrists now retiring, an opportunity has opened to step into a well-established patient base within a genuinely stable and respected practice.

The Role

• 3 days per week: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
• 9:00am - 5:30pm
• No weekends. No late nights.
• Mid-June start

This is a full-scope clinical role where you’ll have the autonomy to practice properly - not within the constraints of retail KPIs, but with the time and trust to do what’s right for your patients.

The Practice Environment

• Patient-driven, not retail-driven
• Therapeutics and strong GP referral network
• 3 consulting rooms with a collaborative clinical culture
• Experienced Optometrists who value case discussion and shared learning

There’s a genuine balance here: autonomy in your consulting room, with support and clinical camaraderie when you want it.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Delivering comprehensive eye examinations and ongoing care
• Building your own patient base over time
• Taking an active role in the full patient journey - including dispensing
• Developing strong, long-term relationships within the local community

If you enjoy continuity of care and actually seeing the outcome of your clinical decisions, this will feel like a refreshing change.

About You

• 1+ years’ experience (not suited to new graduates)
• Comfortable practising across full-scope optometry
• Keen to be involved in the patient journey beyond the consulting room
• Values clinical autonomy and long-term patient relationships
• Therapeutically endorsed

Nice to have (but not essential):

• Experience in advanced contact lens fitting
• Interest in aviation eye examinations - the retiring Optometrist previously supported this area, and the practice would welcome someone open to continuing it with further training

A Practice That Invests in the Profession

The team has longstanding ties with both University of Melbourne and Deakin University, with teaching experience and ongoing involvement in optometry education. It’s a practice that contributes to the profession - not just operates within it.

This is the kind of role people tend to stay in for years.