Optometrist - Colchester

OutsideClinic; East Tilbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of at-home eye care in the UK is seeking an Optometrist for North Essex. You will work flexibly, helping patients with clinically excellent care from their homes. The role offers a salary of up to £74,000 plus bonuses, a fully expensed company car, and extensive support for professional development. Weekends off and a generous holiday package are also included.

Benefits

Company car for personal use

Access to wellbeing programme

Free CPD events

Generous pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Employee discounts

33 days holiday

Qualifications

• Experience providing optometric care is preferred.
• Ability to work autonomously in patients' homes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Visit around 6-7 patients daily in their homes.
• Deliver gold-standard customer care through personalized appointments.
• Make autonomous decisions with support from senior optometrist team.

Skills

Patient relationship building

Decision-making

Use of optical equipment

Customer care

Tools

Digital fundus camera

Mobile slit lamp

I-care tonometer

Digital records system

Job description

Position: Optometrist

Location: Colchester and surrounding areas

Salary; Up to £74,000 FTE + Monthly commission

Company Car - for business and personal use

Days: 4 or 5 days a week (No weekends)

A unique company

As the UK's leading provider of optical care at home, we are searching for passionate optometrists to join us at the forefront of domiciliary.

Driven by our belief that clinically excellent eye care should be accessible and affordable for all, we use the latest mobile technology and processes to change people's lives for the better.

We deliver our life-changing service right across the UK, supporting the NHS to provide vital eye care to people who may struggle to get to the high street unaided.

Following our recent partnership with Optimism Health Group, we are transforming our business to provide an even better service to our customers and even better rewards to our highly valued workforce.

A vital and rewarding role

We're on the lookout for an optometrist in North Essexwho wants to help us achieve our mission of changing people's lives through clinically excellent eye care.

This is an important hire for us as we have a waiting list of patients in the area who are eager to get access to our trusted at-home service.

We're a flexible employer, and you can choose the number of days you work to fit around family and other commitments - plus we never work weekends!

Equipment:

All of our Optometrists are provided with a full equipment kit, along with comprehensive training to ensure you feel confident before working independently. You can view our equipment in action here Equipment Video

You will:

• Help around 6-7 patients every day, visiting them in their own homes. Our appointments are longer than you’d get on the high street (1 hr), allowing you time to form better relationships with your patients and deliver gold-standard customer care.
• Be trusted to make autonomous decisions and valued for your expertise. Although you'll never be on your own as you can get support or a second opinion in minutes from our senior optometrist team at head office.
• Use the very latest equipment, including a digital fundus camera, mobile slit lamp, I-care tonometer and our industry-leading digital records system, which means no paperwork.
• Be supported with your CPD. We'll invest in you and give you the time to complete exams if required.

If you are looking for a new challenge and would value the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives by providing clinically excellent optometry in their homes, then we'd love for you to be part of our journey.

The package

• Market-leading salary of upto £74,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Strong bonus structure.
• Fully expensed company car.
• Access to our colleague assistance programme, Health Assured supporting the wellbeing of the workforce.
• Fantastic equipment and a lightweight kit bag allowing for a streamlined testing process.
• Support with College of Optometrists Higher Qualifications in their Professional Certificates programme.
• Payment of your GOC fees.
• Free CPD events.
• Generous pension scheme, matched up to 5%.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance.
• Flexible contracts for full-time or part-time work.
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).
• Employee discounts.
• Weekends off.
• A chance to change people's lives.