Optometrist

JR United Kingdom; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in eye care is seeking a dedicated Optometrist for care home visits, offering a competitive salary of £75,000–£80,000 with no weekend work. Join a supportive team to provide personalized care, utilizing digital tools to enhance patient outcomes and make a real difference in residents' lives.

Benefits

Mileage allowance

Paid GOC fees

Pension contribution

Equipment and uniform provided

Training and support

Qualifications

• GOC-registered Optometrist with strong clinical skills.
• Experience in domiciliary or care home optometry preferred.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive eye examinations and health assessments.
• Prescribe spectacles and manage eye conditions.
• Collaborate with the team to deliver exceptional customer service.

Skills

Clinical skills in eye examination

Compassionate communication

Organisational skills

Adaptability

Education

GOC registration

Full UK driving licence

Tools

Digital patient record systems

Job description

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Optometrist - Care Home Visiting

Salary: £75,000–£80,000 plus an achievable bonus structure.

Make a Real Difference in Eye Care – With Your Weekends Free

Are you a dedicated, GOC-registered optometrist who wants to deliver truly person-centred care?

Join us as a trusted care home-visiting optometrist, serving over 400 care homes. Use your clinical skills to transform the lives of residents who can't visit the high street. Enjoy a rewarding career with a regular weekday schedule and the support of an experienced, value-driven team.

Why Join?

• No Weekend Work: Enjoy a Monday to Friday schedule – your weekends are always your own.
• Competitive Package: £75,000–£80,000 salary plus an achievable bonus structure.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Mileage allowance, paid GOC fees, pension contribution, equipment and uniform provided.
• Person-Centred Collaborative Approach: Be part of our unique three-way collaboration between optometrist, care home, and family/NOK/POA, ensuring residents receive truly personalised care through shared communication and values.
• Meaningful Impact: Help reduce falls (up to 50% of falls in care homes are linked to vision problems), improve quality of life, and address the fact that one in three care home residents wear incorrect or outdated glasses.
• Digital Innovation: Utilise our Digital Eye Care Portal and optical software systems to streamline your workflow and enhance patient care, positioning you at the forefront of digital healthcare solutions.
• Supportive Environment: Benefit from thorough induction, dementia and safeguarding training, and a dedicated admin and clinical support team.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for mentoring, management, or involvement in clinical innovation and service development.

Your Role

As our Super Optometrist, you'll:

• Conduct comprehensive eye examinations and health assessments
• Digitally document findings
• Prescribe and recommend spectacles
• Detect and manage eye conditions, provide referrals
• Provide personalised eye care advice to patients and families when required
• Collaborate with the team to deliver exceptional customer service

What We're Looking For

• GOC-registered Optometrist with a full UK driving licence.
• Strong clinical skills in eye examination, diagnosis, and management of ocular conditions.
• Previous experience in domiciliary, community, or care home optometry.
• Compassionate communicator, able to engage sensitively with elderly residents, including those living with dementia.
• Organised, adaptable, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a wider team.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and best practice.
• Interest in clinical leadership, mentoring, or service innovation.
• Experience with digital patient record systems.

Our Service Area

We serve care homes across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Milton Keynes, Northampton, and North West London.

Ready to Make a Real Difference?

If you're passionate about clinical excellence and want to transform lives through exceptional eye care – with your weekends free – we'd love to hear from you.

For an informal chat, to arrange a shadowing day, or to apply, contact us. All enquiries are treated in strict confidence.

Delivering exceptional eye care at home since 2009.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to diversity and inclusion.