Clinical Director

JR United Kingdom; Dartford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eye care provider seeks a Clinical Director to join their senior management team in Dartford. The role involves overseeing clinical compliance, governance, and ensuring top-tier patient care across clinics. Ideal candidates will have extensive ophthalmology experience, leadership skills, and a track record of achieving targets.

Benefits

Market leading salary

33 days annual leave

Company pension

Substantial discounts on services

Qualifications

• Candidates must be GOC registered and IP qualified.
• Extensive refractive and cataract surgery experience is required.
• Senior management experience in a healthcare environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical direction and leadership for the division.
• Ensure clinics provide safe, effective, and caring best-in-class patient care.
• Meet and exceed financial objectives, operational targets, and KPIs.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Communication

People Management

Commercial Awareness

Education

GOC Registration

IP Qualification

Job description

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Salary - Competitive package, subject to Candidate experience

Optical Express is focused on delivering exceptional patient care, outstanding clinical outcomes and continued investment in our people and technology.

For over 35 years, millions of patients have trusted Optical express with their eye care and 99% would recommend us to friends and family.

Due to our continued success and expanding network of clinics, we have a vacancy for a Clinical Director, to join our existing senior management team.

The Clinical Director will be part of the senior clinical team responsible for a range of clinical compliance, governance, performance and quality and standards matters. They will ensure the highest and safest levels of patient care are delivered and investment returns result at each of the group clinics they oversee in conjunction with the Divisional Director.

Our ideal candidate will be an experienced Senior Optometrist who will already be working in a senior management role with an ophthalmology or ophthalmic business and have the ability to lead and motivate their team to achieve outstanding results.

Candidates MUST be registered with GOC and IP qualified, with extensive refractive and cataract surgery experience.

Duties:

Responsible for providing clinical direction and leadership for the division.

Ensure our clinics, including treatment centres provide safe, effective, caring and responsive best-in-class patient care in a high quality clinical environment.

Promote and safeguard the wellbeing of all patients and colleagues at all times.

Possess a strong commercial awareness and be able to demonstrate a track record of achieving targets.

Meet and exceed all financial objectives, operational targets and KPIs for their division.

Senior management experience in a healthcare environment is desirable.

Proven leader with exceptional strategic planning abilities.

Demonstrate excellent communication and people management skills.

What’s in it for you?

• Market leading salary
• 33 days annual leave
• Company pension
• Substantial discounts across the brands, including laser eye surgery, IOL surgery and eyewear

If you are interested in furthering your career with a market leading business, then Optical Express is the place for you.