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Opportunities to build your career

Are you someone who wants to take on a leadership role and make your mark on our sector’s future? Optometry as a profession offers fabulous opportunities for leadership.

Our profession enables you to consider opportunities such as:

For our Early Career Optometrists (up to 10 years from graduation), we recommend joining an ECO group in your state and becoming proactive about how you can contribute to bettering the profession.

For student optometrists, we hold a student leadership program , designed to encourage our youngest members to start advocating for their future.

Become a board member

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Join an Optometry Australia advisory group or committee

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Help us drive positive change in the optometry profession by sharing your experiences

Optometry Australia has recently commissioned a new study, “Capturing and analysing the working conditions of employee optometrists in Australia”. The study will be undertaken by researchers from Flinders University, UNSW and optometrists in private practice, and it aims to explore job satisfaction, and workplace demands and resources within the industry.  
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Changes to Optometry Australia national board

Theo Charalambous has been appointed President and Shuva Bose as Vice President of Optometry Australia. Co-opted director, Ramy Aziz has stepped into the role of Treasurer, bringing a depth of finance, management and governance experience. South Australian optometrist Elise Pocknee-Clem joins the national board as a new director.  
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Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.