Newly Qualified Optometrist

Specsavers; Colchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Newly Qualified Optometrist in Colchester, offering a vibrant and supportive environment. This role promises a rewarding career path with a total package worth up to £77,000, including a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and numerous perks. You will be responsible for delivering exceptional customer care, maintaining high clinical standards, and building lasting relationships within the community. The company promotes professional growth and development, ensuring your career aspirations are met while you contribute to a team dedicated to excellence in optometry. Join this forward-thinking practice and make a difference in patients' lives!

Benefits

Performance related bonus scheme

33 days annual leave

Birthday leave

GOC fees paid

Private medical & dental cover

Clinical advancement opportunities

Support with CPD

Flexible working options

Pension scheme

Complimentary subscription to Headspace app

Qualifications

• Must be a GOC registered Optometrist or due to sit July 2024 OSCEs.
• Looking for someone who shares the store's ethos and offers exceptional customer care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a memorable customer journey using passion for patients.
• Uphold high standards of clinical care and product selection.
• Build trusted relationships with colleagues and healthcare professionals.

Skills

GOC registration

Customer care

Clinical judgment

Relationship building

Education

Optometry degree

Job description

Optometry Jobs at Specsavers

Newly Qualified Optometrist, Colchester, Essex

Position: Newly Qualified Optometrist

Location: Colchester, Essex

Package: Worth up to £77,000 (depending on experience)

Hours: Full time or Part time

Experience: You must be a GOC registered Optometrist (or due to sit July 2024 OSCEs)

We’re looking for a Newly Qualified Optometrist, with vision and purpose, to join Specsavers in Colchester. We are expanding our team! Become part of something brilliant.

Specsavers in Colchester will provide you with a friendly, supportive working environment; we want you to enjoy coming to work every day.

What you’ll be doing day to day

• Using your passion for your patients and your profession, deliver a memorable customer journey
• Bringing your vibrant personality into the day to day running of the practice – setting high standards to ensure everything runs professionally, upholding the highest possible standard of clinical care, selecting the best products for each customer
• Build trusted, longstanding relationships – not only with colleagues and customers but with healthcare professionals in the local community
• Listening to our customers providing the right, up to date information at all times

What’s on Offer?

Total package worth up to £77,000, comprising of:

• Salary up to £55,000 (depending on experience)
• Up to £10,000 to support you with your buyout fees (terms apply)
• Performance related bonus scheme
• 33 days annual leave
• Birthday leave - enjoy an additional paid day off work to celebrate you!
• GOC fees paid
• Private medical & dental cover
• Clinical advancement opportunities e.g. Independent Prescribing, Professional Certificate in Glaucoma or Professional Certificate in Medical Retina
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities, including ILM and Pathway
• Support with CPD
• Access to the latest clinical state of the art and platinum level technology
• Flexible working options and benefits
• Part of the Great Place to Work scheme including enhanced maternity leave and Specsavers Perks
• Pension scheme- We will auto-enrol you into the pension scheme with an employer contribution when you contribute too
• Eyecare and hearcare discounts - Great savings for you and your family on eyecare and hearcare in store
• Electric vehicles salary sacrifice scheme (for employees earning over £30k)
• Specsavers Perks- Your portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings
• WeCare- Employee support service to help you and your immediate family when need it most including Best Doctors second medical opinion service and 24/7 virtual GP
• Complimentary subscription to the Headspace app – your personal guide to mindfulness, sleep, focus, movement and more

What we’re looking for

Alongside being a qualified and GOC registered Optometrist, we are searching for someone who shares our store’s ethos. Someone who wants to grow, develop and offer exceptional customer care along the way. We want a practitioner who prides themselves on their clinical judgment, that isn’t afraid of a hands-on approach and who is keen to get involved and build rapport with the rest of the team. In summary, we’re looking for a skilled resident Optometrist to join us, be part of the team and assist in driving our practice forward.

Your career development will be mapped and documented, targeting your career aspirations and aligned to your clinical development. Your growth will become our store's legacy and an inspiration to our Pre-Register Optometrists of the future.