Optometrist

OPTICAL EXPRESS; South Ockendon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eye care provider in Lakeside is seeking an experienced Optometrist to deliver outstanding patient care in a multi-disciplinary team. The role offers a market-leading salary of up to £65,000, flexible working hours, and comprehensive benefits including private healthcare and professional development support. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of experience and a commitment to high-quality eye care.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare

Paid Professional Fees

Access to CET courses

Qualifications

• GOC registered optometrist for a minimum of 2 years.
• Experience in pre and post-operative consultations.
• Ability to perform essential and advanced eye examinations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre and post-operative consultations.
• Provide clinical support to ophthalmologists.
• Perform various eye examinations.

Skills

GOC registered optometrist

Clinical support

Essential and Advanced Eye examinations

Education

Minimum of 2 years experience

Job description

Job Title - Optometrist

Location - Lakeside

Working hours - Full time or part time available

Salary - Up to £65,000

As the UK's leading private provider of laser eye, premium intra‑ocular lens and cataract surgery, our expert Surgeons undertake more procedures collectively than any other national provider. For over 35 years, millions of patients have trusted Optical Express with their eye care. We are focused on delivering exceptional patient care, outstanding clinical outcomes and continued investment in our people and technology.

A fantastic opportunity has become available for an optometrist to provide care to patients from our clinic in Lakeside, Thurrock Shopping Centre. You will work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team alongside experienced eye care professionals, including ophthalmologists, and play a crucial role in the delivery of a diverse range of clinical eye care services to our patients.

Responsibilities

• Pre and post‑operative consultations for our refractive and cataract surgery patients
• Providing clinical support to our ophthalmologists
• Providing Essential and Advanced Eye examinations for our patients

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be a GOC registered optometrist for a minimum of 2 years.

Benefits

• A market leading salary of up to £65,000 per annum depending on experience
• Salary enhancement through our Performance Pay scheme
• 33 days annual leave per year, increasing with length of service
• Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare
• Paid Professional Fees
• Indemnity Coverage
• Independent Prescribing Sponsorship and Placement Assistance
• Access to Optical Express CET courses
• Complimentary or discounted Laser Eye Surgery, Intra‑ocular Lens surgery or Lipiflow treatment
• Generous Optical Express Friends and Family Discount scheme

We offer an array of flexible working patterns to suit your lifestyle, to include longer hours across fewer days and patterns that support your family or lifestyle commitments. Full and part time opportunities are available. Relocation allowances will be considered.

Optical Express is committed to providing clinicians and patients alike with access to state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic and treatment technologies from a range of market leaders such as Carl Zeiss and Johnson & Johnson Vision.

Full refractive and cataract surgery training will be provided and is delivered by experienced clinicians. To ensure you have maximum support day‑to‑day in the clinic, you will work alongside an exceptional professional team, as well as having access to invaluable guidance from the Clinical Services team, which includes some of the most experienced optometrists and ophthalmologists in the specialist areas of refractive surgery and cataract care.