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Optometry Coordinator - NT

Category:

Administration


Education:

High School


Experience:

Entry Level / Junior


Work city:

Darwin


Work start:

25.04.2025


Salary:

$63k


Created:

03.04.2025


An Entry Level role, you will support optometrists providing eye care services in remote communities across the Northern Territory ensuring that vision care is accessible to those in need.

Mon - Friday 38hours a week - $31.93ph ($63k a year)

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate logistics and administration for optometry clinics.
  • Build strong relationships with Aboriginal communities and health workers.
  • Assist with travel and scheduling for outreach services.
  • Provide on-the-ground support to ensure smooth clinic operations.
  • Occasionally assist with outreach in other regions.

Essential Skills & Qualifications:

  • Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
  • Safe 4WD driving experience or willingness to obtain a certificate.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and electronic medical databases.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Current NT driver's license or ability to obtain.
  • Ochre Card (Working with Children) and First Aid certificate (or willingness to obtain).

This position is identified for an Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander person and is intended to constitute a special measure under S8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), and S57 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1996 (NT).