About us

Canning Eye Clinic is seeking a clinic assistant to join our team. We are a well-established Ophthalmologist practice based in Cannington.

Qualifications & experience

- To be considered you will need:

- medical or optometry clinic experience working in a busy role (coming from medical specialist assistant or reception or similar highly preferable
- computer literate with Microsoft Word/Excel experience, and Genie/Best Practice/VIP medical software experience preferred.

- Experience as an eye clinic assistant preferred,

- mature person preferred.

- excellent time management, organisation, accuracy, reliability and attention to detail

- excellent attitude and communication skills
- ability to work independently and cope under pressure
- willingness to learn, to retain instructions, and to teach others.

- a scientific evidence-based attitude to work-related health care decisions.

- a professional disposition and appearance• flexibility to cover other staff when required.

Tasks & responsibilities

- The position is a long-term role for the right applicant. Previous medical clinical assistant and/or reception experience is preferred. You will be required to work at 1 to 3 days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays) but flexibility is essential for extra days depending upon workload.

- The hours are usually 7:30 AM to 4.30 PM but depending on the day you may be required to occasionally finish later.



Flexibility is a must, with the right person being able to cover for holidays/sick leave.

- Ophthalmic assistant duties will be required so must have a willingness to learn. Previous assistant experience is helpful, but not essential. Training will be provided.

- These duties include taking details from referral letters, recording a medical history, testing visual acuity, applying eye drops as directed, using various ophthalmic devices for testing glasses, autorefraction, pressures, visual fields, and eye imaging, checking clinical letters before emailing.

- Sterilisation and maintenance of clinical equipment, maintain stocks and correct storage of clinical supplies, ordering supplies.

- setting up medical rooms for the start of the clinic, occasionally opening and closing of practice.

- Extra office duties can include answering incoming phone calls and assisting patients with general enquiries• arranging, rescheduling and confirming appointments.

- only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

- A few hours weekly of paid training is essential before the job starts.

Perks

We offer you:

- a friendly, supportive and close team of staff

- remuneration based on experience and effectiveness, plus inclusion in a quarterly bonus system once training is complete and working satisfactorily unsupervised

📌 Eye Clinic Assistant/Ophthalmic/Optical (Swan View)
🏢 Canning Eye Clinic
📍 Swan View