Job Description

Job Advert Summary

We are looking for a passionate, professional, and patient-focused Optometrist to join our Spec-Savers Soshanguve Mall practice!

As a trusted healthcare professional, you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional eye care, conducting thorough eye examinations, prescribing lenses, and providing expert advice tailored to each patient's needs. Your clinical expertise, combined with a caring and approachable manner, will help ensure that every patient receives the highest standard of service and leaves with an excellent experience.



If you are dedicated to improving lives through quality eye care, thrive in a collaborative team environment, and enjoy building long-term patient relationships, we would love to hear from you!

Minimum Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Degree in Optometry

and valid registration with the

Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

- certified copies will be required.

Related Experience

Minimum of

12 months working experience

as an Optometrist.

Computer literacy

with knowledge of optical software systems.

Special Training & Competencies

Strong focus on

customer service

and patient satisfaction. High level of

attention to detail

and accuracy. Ability to take ownership and

make sound decisions

. Excellent

people management

and communication skills. Commitment to maintaining

professional optometry standards

as specified by Spec-Savers.

Flexibility

Perform other functions/duties as required to ensure smooth operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Care of Equipment

Maintain all optometry equipment fully functional, in "new-looking"condition, and immaculately clean at all times.

2. Patient Consultations

Conduct eye exams, advise patients, and ensure all relevant tests are explained before confirming prescriptions. Minimum examination: non-contact tonometry, central visual field screening, case history (reason for visit, last check, medication, problems), retinoscopy, subjective exam with phoropter, near vision test, binocular balance test, ocular muscle balance test, ophthalmoscopy, slitlamp bio-microscopy. This is the minimum standard of care; optometrists may perform additional tests.

3. Contact Lens Fittings

Fit hard and soft contact lenses, order trial lenses, track back orders, and maintain stock (preferably Aquity*).

4. Frame Selection & Prescriptions

Assist patients in selecting frames suited to prescriptions.

5. Laboratory/Supplier Dealings

Communicate efficiently and courteously with labs/suppliers; report issues to store owner. Complete lab orders and redo jobs, check Vertometer readings, verify pricing, and ensure lab credits are received.

6. Dispensing & Follow-Up

Ensure spectacles/lenses meet prescriptions, adjust for comfort, and reinforce expected benefits. Handle patient queries and conduct 7-day follow-up calls for all collections.

7. PPN Requirements

Capture all required PPN information: IOPs, VAs, Visual Fields.

8. Flexibility & Additional Duties

May perform other tasks including: filing cards, signing for deliveries, stock entry, answering phones (after 3 rings), customer take-on, invoicing, follow-up calls (Recalls, No Shows, Cyclic), stock take, quotations, day-to-day repairs/adjustments, and reporting all system error messages immediately.

9. Updating Knowledge

Maintain up-to-date professional optometry knowledge.

10. Attendance

* Keep attendance register updated daily.