Mobile Optometrist

BOOTS; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading optical chain as a Mobile Optometrist, where you will provide exceptional patient care and collaborate with a dedicated healthcare team. This role is crucial for delivering specialized services and building lasting relationships with patients and healthcare professionals. You will have the opportunity to travel between various store locations, ensuring that your expertise reaches those who need it most. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a supportive work environment, this position is perfect for passionate individuals looking to make a significant impact in the field of optometry.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

Staff discounts

Attractive bonus scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Career development opportunities

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the GOC and NHS.
• High expertise in optometry and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent patient-centred care in practice.
• Supervise and mentor students and colleagues.
• Develop professional capability of the opticians team.

Skills

Patient care

Clinical decision-making

Communication

Optometry expertise

Digital literacy

Education

Registered with the General Optical Council (GOC)

Continual Education Training (CET)

Tools

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Job description

About the opportunity

As a Mobile Optometrist you will deliver excellent patient-centred care in practice, working in partnership with the opticians and healthcare team using your own intuition, expertise, and experience to deliver complete care solutions for our customers and patients. This role is absolutely key in enabling Boots Opticians to provide specialist care across the area.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering all nationally commissioned and locally available services and supporting the development of new services.
• Using your professional judgement for all clinical decisions that need to be taken within the opticians business.
• Complying with the standards of practice and the current Boots Opticians clinical policies and standard operating procedures.
• Working in partnership with the store leader to develop the professional capability of the opticians team. Supervising the development, education, and training of colleagues and supporting and mentoring students (including Pre-Registration Optometrists).
• Knowing the Boots Opticians product portfolio including contact lenses and ophthalmic lenses, services, and offers to use this information to create life-long patients and customers through appropriate recommendation.
• Building firm and longstanding relationships - not only with colleagues and customers but also with healthcare professionals in the local community.
• Travelling to different stores within the area.

About you

We're looking for really inspiring people, with a friendly professional personality. To be successful in this role, you will need to have the below capabilities:

• Registered with the General Optical Council (GOC) and the NHS.
• High level of professional expertise and widely respected by stakeholders, peers, customers, and external local professionals.
• Passionate to drive high customer care and ensure high clinical standards.
• Be the first choice for patients for their optometric needs.
• Keeps up to date with their own learning and development, completing all continual education training (CET) as part of the GOC requirement.
• Works in partnership with the local management team to deliver both optometry and ophthalmology led services.
• Comfortable with the use of the OCT and results associated in stores with an OCT.
• Digitally savvy and comfortable with navigating and embracing new technology.
• Able to travel to various store locations across the area.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and pension scheme.
• One of the best staff discounts in the UK.
• Attractive bonus scheme.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase more.
• Personal and professional career development. Interactive CET events provided throughout the year.
• Additional flexible benefits that allow you to create a package that best suits your individual needs including cycle to work vouchers, discounted gym membership, cinema and restaurant discounts, and much more.
• Excellent opportunities to develop and career opportunities across Boots Opticians, Retail, and Pharmacy.

Please click on the following link to apply or if you would like a confidential chat or get in contact with us at [e-mail], we would love to hear from you.

Why Boots?

Boots Opticians is one of the leading optical chains in the UK. We're all about enriching the lives of every person who walks through our door; including yours. Bring your skills to a business that offers genuine career progression thanks to the sheer diversity of stores and roles - and expect to be supported and developed from day one.

What's next?

Thank you for taking the time to visit our careers page and read about this exciting opportunity. If you choose to apply, your application will be reviewed by our team and we will contact you as soon as we can. If successful, we will contact you to arrange an interview with the hiring manager.

This role is subject to a DBS/PVG check, Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.