Locum Optometrist - Exeter

OutsideClinic; Exeter; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 94,000; Part time

Job summary

A Unique Company in Exeter is seeking passionate Locum Optometrists to provide domiciliary eye care in homes across the city and surrounding areas. You will work 3-5 days per week with weekends off, at a rate of £450 per day.

Appointments are typically 1 hour, clustered visits within a 50-mile region, and you’ll be supported by our senior optometrist team. You will carry a full equipment kit, except ophthalmoscope and retinoscope which you provide yourself.

Responsibilities

• Help around 6-8 patients every day, visiting them in their own homes. Appointments are longer (1 hour) to build relationships and deliver gold-standard care.
• Be trusted to make autonomous decisions with quick support from senior optometrist team.
• Use the latest equipment and digital records system.

Job description

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.

Job title: Locum Optometrist

Location: Exeter & surrounding areas

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

Rate: £450 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.

Location:

All of our optometrists, including our locums, cover a region of up to 50 miles from their home postcode (as the crow flies/ in a straight line). Each day, you'll typically see a cluster of 6-8 patients within the same local area. While your allocated area covers a 50-mile region, this doesn't mean you'll travel 50 miles every day. Some days you may work just 5 miles from home, while on others it could be 20-30 miles away. Once you're in your allocated area for the day, patient appointments are clustered within the same postcode region, so there is only a short drive between visits.

Equipment

All of our Locum Optometrists are provided with a full equipment kit, along with comprehensive training to ensure you feel confident before working independently.

The only exceptions are the ophthalmoscope and retinoscope, which you will be expected to provide yourself. Please ensure both are in good working order before your start date.

You can view our equipment in action here. Equipment Video

You Will

• Help around 6-8 patients every day, visiting them in their own homes. Our appointments are longer than you'd get on the high street (1 hour), allowing you time to form better relationships with your patients and deliver gold-standard 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 mobile slit lamp, I-care tonometer and our industry-leading digital records system.

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

• Days: 3-5 days per week
• Rate: £450 per day
• 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.