Newly Qualified Optometrist

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Newly Qualified Optometrist in Colchester, where you'll be part of a supportive team dedicated to exceptional patient care. This role offers a competitive package worth up to £77,000, including a salary up to £55,000, bonus schemes, and comprehensive benefits. You'll enjoy a friendly working environment, opportunities for clinical advancement, and flexible working options. If you're passionate about optometry and eager to grow your career while making a difference in patients' lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Birthday leave

GOC fees paid

Private medical & dental cover

Clinical advancement opportunities

Flexible working options

Pension scheme

Eyecare and hearcare discounts

Electric vehicles salary sacrifice scheme

Complimentary Headspace subscription

Qualifications

• Must be a GOC registered Optometrist or due to sit July 2024 OSCEs.
• Strong focus on customer care and clinical standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a memorable customer journey with passion for patients.
• Uphold high clinical care standards and build trusted relationships.

Skills

GOC registration

Customer care

Clinical judgment

Communication skills

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

1. Using your passion for your patients and your profession, deliver a memorable customer journey.
2. 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.
3. Build trusted, longstanding relationships – not only with colleagues and customers but with healthcare professionals in the local community.
4. 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:

1. Salary up to £55,000 (depending on experience).
2. Up to £10,000 to support you with your buyout fees (terms apply).
3. Performance related bonus scheme.
4. 33 days annual leave.
5. Birthday leave - enjoy an additional paid day off work to celebrate you!
6. GOC fees paid.
7. Private medical & dental cover.
8. 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.

1. Support with CPD.
2. Access to the latest clinical state of the art and platinum level technology.
3. Flexible working options and benefits.
4. Part of the Great Place to Work scheme including enhanced maternity leave and Specsavers Perks.
5. Pension scheme - We will auto-enrol you into the pension scheme with an employer contribution when you contribute too.
6. Eyecare and hearcare discounts - Great savings for you and your family on eyecare and hearcare in store.
7. Electric vehicles salary sacrifice scheme (for employees earning over £30k).
8. Specsavers Perks - Your portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings.
9. 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.
10. 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.

Find out more

For more information or to apply, please contact Jessica Robinson at Specsavers Recruitment Service on 07935 601662 or [e-mail]