I find it tremendously rewarding to visit patients who may have been forgotten by society and think that failing eyesight is just part of getting older.

For the first time in my career I get weekends off which means making plans is very easy. With my previous roles in practice, weekends off were only once in a while making it difficult to plan ahead.

High street optometrists might think that dispensing might be a challenge - actually, I think it has been the opposite. Because I do the glasses, I can make the best recommendations and I can show them the features of the frames and the lenses that are going to help them. Being able to translate what you find in the test and then putting that into the best solution for glasses, is like win-win.

I worked full time with OutsideClinic for nine years, including some work with our Professional Services team. Since having my eldest daughter, I have reduced to working three days a week- Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I love splitting my week as it lessens the 'mum guilt'. I believe in family first, and if the job didn't work with my family life, I wouldn't be doing it.