Are you studying Optometry or Vision Science at university?
This is the role for you!
Gain some hands on experience working in an optometry clinic.
The Role As an Optometry Student, you will be working closely with our Optometrists and experienced Dispensers.
You will assist patients with the selection of their frames and optical lenses, interpret optical prescriptions and provide excellent customer service.
This role is for undergraduate university students enrolled in Vision Science or Optometry to gain hands on experience working in a clinical setting.
HCF is looking for Optometry students who are passionate about eye care, eyewear fashion and enjoy working with people in a busy workplace.
This is a casual role with flexible hours, working one to three days a week, including Saturdays so you can still study at university.
You must be available to travel and work at various HCF Eyecare Centres around Sydney, based on needs.
There are eight HCF Eyecare Centres across the metropolitan Sydney area, operating from 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday and 9:30am to 3pm on Saturdays.
Responsibilities
interpret optical prescriptions
provide fashion and practical advice to assist customers in selecting frames
Assist with and make recommendations on optical lenses
patient care management
assisting on reception when required
keeping patient records up to date.
About You
You will be a second or third year Optometry student currently enrolled at universtiy studying Bachelor of Vision Sciences.
Ideally, you will have some retail and optical experience.
You must be available to work on Saturdays and during university holidays.
To be successful, you will have:
experience in the optical industry




excellent communication skills and ability to thrive in a team environment
a passion for fashion and optometry
a positive attitude and pro-active approach to work
About HCF
At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare.
Since **** we've been putting our members and their health first.
As Australia's largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover over 1.9 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.
We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them.
At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our Strategy.
Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together.
We create a flexible, inclusive, family-friendly culture so our employees are inspired and motivated to achieve the best for themselves and our members.
We want our people to feel supported and empowered to be their best self at work.
Our purpose is to bring a human touch to every part of the healthcare system, in big ways and small.
Our values inform the way we do things.
They help us build the culture we need to realise our purpose.
Our values are to: Step Forward Get There Together Make it Better Stay Human Walk in Their Shoes.
We've invested in our people and teams to ensure they're equipped to reach their career goals.
We help team members expand their skill sets and develop personally through various internal and external courses, as well as broaden their on-the-job experience through transfers, secondments or promotions.
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📌 Optometry Student (New South Wales)
🏢 The Hospitals Contribution Fund Of Australia
📍 New South Wales