Optometrist - Independent Practice

Optometrist

Colchester
£65,000 basic salary + benefits
Established independent
50 minutes testing
Weekend flexibility
Specialist services / OCT
Dry Eye management

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Are you a dedicated and passionate Optometrist looking to join a close-knit supportive team working together in a relaxed environment?

If so, Major Healthcare are supporting a well-established independent practice, based South of Colchester, who are seeking a new Optometrist.

The company have been looking after people's eyes for more than 30 years, they are proudly independent and promote a laid-back and friendly experience within the practice. They have always done things a little bit differently from the competition to ensure patients receive the top-quality care they deserve.

With a reputation for excellence and a commitment to personalized service, they offer a supportive environment where you can grow your career while making a real difference in people's lives.

This is fantastic opportunity to work within a team that values you, conveys a sense of camaraderie, trust, and mutual support and shares in a vision of offering superior eye health.

Key Advantages

• Competitive basic salary of up to £65,000 + professional fees & pension
• 50-minute testing times promoting a truly personal clinical assessment with patients
• Continuous advances in technology and equipment including OCT, Henson 9000, Trial Frames, Manual Phoropter Head, Thomson Test Chart, Tonevira Contact Tonometry, Slit lamp and Optix management system
• Offering patients a variety of specialist support including Dry Eye management, Glaucoma and Cataract monitoring, Paediatrics eyecare and Hear care services
• 1 spacious test room, a beautifully modern and sophisticated practice and a truly patient focused clinical environment with no commercial pressure
• Weekend flexibility is possible, they are also closed Sundays, Bank Holidays and over Christmas, offering a better work life balance
• Their eyewear collections are unique and elegant promoting a wide range of designer and fashionable glasses, with a host of different styles ensuring there is something for everyone
• Your day-to-day work will be varied allowing you to become more involved within marketing and practice development
• Patient needs are their number 1 goal, and the Directors are highly experienced Optical professionals who continue to work within the practice
• Being part of a friendly, close-knit team of experienced optical professionals who have worked together for many years and are all passionate about optometry
• Short- and long-term clinical training and development available including financial support towards a variety of additional qualifications

Details and requirements

• Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday (09:00am - 17:00pm)
• Closed Sundays, Bank Holidays and over Christmas
• Full or part time position (3 - 4 days)
• Weekend flexibility possible
• Eligibility to work in the UK and GOC Registered

Salary and benefits

• Up to £65,000 + professional fees & pension
• 25 days holiday + 8 BH (33 in total)
• 4 weeks full sick pay

What to do next?

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