Optometrist

Colchester; Essex; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading optical retailer in Essex is seeking an experienced Optometrist to join their expanding team. The role offers a basic salary of up to £65,000, with additional performance-related bonuses and a supportive work environment. Candidates must be GOC registered and share a passion for customer care and clinical excellence. The position includes numerous professional development opportunities, flexible working hours, and strong team support, making this a fantastic career move for an Optometrist.

Benefits

Performance-based bonus

Holiday allowance of 33 days

Private health and dental cover

Pension contribution

Professional fees covered

Access to state-of-the-art technology

Annual subscription to Headspace

Qualifications

• Must be a registered GOC Optometrist.
• Desire to provide exceptional customer care.
• Derive satisfaction from hands-on patient interaction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver memorable customer journeys.
• Maintain high standards of clinical care.
• Build trusted relationships with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Customer Service

Clinical Judgment

Team Collaboration

Education

GOC registered Optometrist

Job description

Overview

Position : Optometrist

Location : Stanway Sainsburys Essex

Salary : Up to 65000 performance related bonus benefits free parking

Hours : Full time or Part time

Experience : You must be a GOC registered Optometrist

Were looking for an Optometrist with vision and purpose to join Specsavers in Stanway. We are expanding our team; Become part of something brilliant. Specsavers in Stanway will provide you with a friendly supportive working environment; we want you to enjoy coming to work every day.

What youll 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

• Basic salary of up to 65000 (depending on experience)
• Flexible working options and benefits
• A strong performance-based bonus scheme
• Holiday allowance of 33 days per year
• Private health and dental cover
• Pension contribution
• Professional fees covered by the store
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities including ILM and Pathway
• Clinical advancement opportunities e.g. Independent Prescribing Professional Certificate in Glaucoma or Professional Certificate in Medical Retina
• Support with CPD
• Access to the very latest technology including OCT
• Free parking
• Pathway mentor in store
• WeCare-WeCare looks after your wellbeing with a 24 / 7 UK-based online GP mental health counselling a get fit programme legal and financial guidance plus much more. Using your phone tablet or desktop you and your family have 24 / 7 access to thousands of experts all from the comfort of your own home.
• Annual subscription to the Headspace app

Our Leadership Team

We have 5 Optometry Directors within the store collectively providing 75 years of optometry experience. We are very proud of our Pre-Reg programme and have enjoyed many years of success; our Principal Optometrist has 15 years experience.

What were looking for

Alongside being a qualified and GOC registered Optometrist we are searching for someone who shares our stores 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 isnt afraid of a hands-on approach and who is keen to get involved and build rapport with the rest of the summary were 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 legacy and an inspiration to our Pre-Reg Optometrists of the future.

We can offer a number of flexible working options including part time and condensed hours to suit our colleagues. Whats not to love about this opportunity

About Colchester

Having once been Britains First City and the former capital of Roman Britain Colchesters rich history dates back over 2000 years.

In 2022 Colchester was gifted modern city status as part of the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations. As well as being steeped in history Colchester is also a thriving modern destination with first class visitor attractions as well as fantastic places to eat drink and shop and of course work.

Location

Colchester is in the East of England within the county of Essex. Situated close to the coast in East Anglia it is on the border with Suffolk and around 50 miles North-East of London.

Colchester can be reached from London in under an hour by train from Liverpool Street Station or by taking the A12 if driving. It is close to both London Stanstead and London Southend Airports as well as Harwich International Port for Ferry Travel.

Find out more

For more information or to apply please contact Jessica Robinson at Specsavers Recruitment Service on 0 or

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Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1