Regional Optometrist - South Wales

OutsideClinic; Wales; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Accommodation provided

Travel expenses covered

Bonus structure

Pension plan

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

33 days holiday

CPD support

Employee discounts

Job summary

OutsideClinic is seeking a Regional Optometrist to cover South Wales, with 1–2 weeks of travel and overnight stays each month. Accommodation and meals are provided for away weeks, and a company car is provided for business and personal use.

Expect 4–5 days per week with no weekends and a market-leading salary up to £69,000. You will visit patients at home, using advanced equipment and the latest digital records.

Responsibilities

• Visit patients in their homes, typically 6–7 per day with longer appointments (1 hr).
• Make autonomous clinical decisions with support from head office when needed.

Job description

Position: Regional Optometrist

Location: South Wales | With 1–2 weeks of travel and overnight stays across Wales each month

Accommodation and meal expenses provided for stay away weeks

Salary: Up to £69,000

Commission: Paid Monthly

Company Car - For Business And Personal Use

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.

Position: Regional Optometrist

Location: South Wales | With 1–2 weeks of travel and overnight stays across Wales each month

Accommodation and meal expenses provided for stay away weeks

Salary: Up to £69,000

Commission: Paid Monthly

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 role that lets you explore Wales

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Optometrist who enjoys variety and travelling to different locations. You'll typically spend 2–3 weeks each month working locally, covering patients within around a 50-mile radius of your home in South Wales, with the remaining 1–2 weeks spent travelling to other areas of Wales. When you're working away from home, we'll take care of your accommodation, all business travel expenses and meal allowances.

A vital and rewarding role

We're on the lookout for an optometrist in South Wales who 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 up to £69,000 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.
• Contributory pension scheme (5% employee and 5% employer)
• 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.

We're on a mission to change lives through better sight and hearing - one home visit at a time. Since 1987, our team of dedicated professionals has been delivering life-enhancing care where it's needed most.