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Former 'Saturday girl' returns to practice as a pre-reg optometrist

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Alex Wilson recently took up a position at Michael Offord Optometrist in Kingston Park, Newcastle after completing a one-year career progression course in optometry having qualified as a dispensing optician in 2010

Pre-reg optometrist Alex Wilson has returned to the practice where she originally started as a ‘Saturday girl’ in 2005.

Wilson recently took up a position at Michael Offord Optometrist in Kingston Park, Newcastle after completing a one-year career progression course in optometry having already qualified as DO in 2010.

‘I returned to Michael Offord Optometrist because I knew it would be a good learning environment. Being an independent practice means the main focus is on the patient and not retail, which means I get to take time and really get to know the patients,’ said Wilson. Offord  said it was wonderful to have observed Wilson’s career development.

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