Locum Optometrist - Canterbury

OutsideClinic; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading optical care provider is seeking a Locum Optometrist to deliver care in patients' homes across East Kent. The role offers the chance to work 3-5 days a week with competitive pay of circa £500 per day. You will use advanced equipment to provide clinically excellent eye care while enjoying weekends off. Join us in making a meaningful difference in patients' lives with trusted at-home services.

Benefits

Fantastic equipment

Flexible working days

No weekends

Qualifications

• Ability to visit and provide care for patients in their own homes.
• Experienced in delivering patient-centered care.
• Willing to use advanced optical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Visit around 7 patients daily in their homes.
• Provide clinically excellent optometry services.
• Use advanced technology to deliver care.

Skills

Clinical excellence

Patient relationship building

Autonomous decision-making

Tools

Digital fundus camera

Mobile slit lamp

I-care tonometer

Job description

Job title: Locum Optometrist

Location: Canterbury and Surrounding areas

Days: 3-5 days per week (No weekends)

Rate: Circa £500 per day

A Unique Company

As the UK's leading provider of optical care at home, we are searching for passionate Locum optometrists to join us at the forefront of domiciliary.

Driven by our belief that clinically excellent eye care should be accessible and affordable for all, we use the latest mobile technology and processes to change people's lives for the better.

We deliver our life-changing service right across the UK, supporting the NHS to provide vital eye care to people who may struggle to get to the high street unaided.

Following our recent partnership with Optimism Health Group, we are transforming our business to provide an even better service to our customers and even better rewards to our highly valued workforce.

A vital and rewarding role

We're on the lookout for an optometrist in East Kent who wants to help us achieve our mission of changing people's lives through clinically excellent eye care.

This is an important hire for us as we have a waiting list of patients in the area who are eager to get access to our trusted at-home service.

We're a flexible employer, and can offer 3-5 days per week - plus we never work weekends!

You Will

• Help around 7 patients every day, visiting them in their own homes. Our appointments are longer than you’d get on the high street, allowing you time to form better relationships with your patients and deliver gold-standard customer care.
• Be trusted to make autonomous decisions and valued for your expertise. Although you'll never be on your own as you can get support or a second opinion in minutes from our senior optometrist team at head office.
• Use the very latest equipment, including a digital fundus camera, mobile slit lamp, I-care tonometer and our industry-leading digital records system, which means no paperwork.
  
  

If you are looking for a new challenge and would value the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives by providing clinically excellent optometry in their homes, then we'd love for you to be part of our journey.

The package

• Rate: Circa £500 per day
• Days: 3-5 days per week
• Fantastic equipment and a lightweight kit bag allowing for streamlined testing
• Weekends off
• A chance to change people's lives.
  
  

We’re on a mission to change lives through better sight and hearing - one home visit at a time. Since 1987, our team of dedicated professionals has been delivering life-enhancing care where it’s needed most.