Optometrist

What you’ll do

Position: Optometrist
Location: Kiln Lane
Salary: Excellent salary on offer depending on experience
+ comprehensive benefits package + up to £10,000 welcome bonus!
Working hours: Full time or Part time (flexible working options also considered)
Experience level: You must be a GOC registered Optometrist

 

Specsavers in Kiln Lane are looking for an ambitious and talented Optometrist to join us on either a full or part-time basis. We recognise that our people are the key to our success. That’s why, at Specsavers in Kiln Lane, we do everything we can to ensure our team get the best from us too – from market-leading training, access to cutting-edge technology and a personal development plan built around you. Become our next Optometrist at Specsavers in Kiln Lane – a highly successful store with a great reputation for staff progression and unparalleled support.

 

What’s on Offer?
•    An excellent salary based on experience 

•    Up to £10,000 welcome bonus (terms apply)

•    Full or part time role available

•    Flexible working options available; need to start late and finish early to do the school run? Tell us what you are looking for and we can discuss it!

•    25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (pro rata if part time)

•    Have your birthday off, on us!
•    Choice of either private medical cover or annual gym membership
•    Pension contribution

•    Free parking at the store

•    Professional fees paid for
•    Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
•    Support with CPD
•    Access to the latest clinical technology such as OCT

 

We are passionate about the clinical & professional development of our team, and as our new Optometrist, we want to support you every step of the way. Through open conversations and regular 1-2-1’s, we will work together to tailor-make a career that suits you. There are so many areas to explore; from WOPEC qualifications and independent prescribing to paediatric accreditations or enhanced optical services, ILM courses, Pre-Reg supervision and the Specsavers Partnership scheme (Pathway). Along with your clinical expertise – this will stand you in good stead if you choose to become a store director yourself one day. Whatever your ambitions, we’ll do everything we can to help you be the best you can be.

 

 

Platinum Employer

Our store is an accredited Platinum Employer – this means you can expect an exceptional employee experience every single day you work here. The Platinum Employer Scheme is part of the Specsavers drive to become a famous place to work. Stores with this accreditation have been verified on five key employer standards: Recruitment, Performance Management and Reward, Talent Management, Learning and Development and Employee Engagement. Our team are at the heart of our business, and we want to ensure that they are rewarded for the work that they do. This is evident in the weekly incentives that we run in store. We are also proud to be involved with the local community- running regular charity events to support Sight for Surrey, the food bank, and Children in Need.

  

What we’re looking for
Alongside being a qualified and GOC registered Optometrist, we are searching for someone who shares our store’s ethos. Someone who wants to grow, develop and offer exceptional customer care along the way. We want a practitioner who prides themselves on their clinical judgment, that isn’t afraid of a hands-on approach and who is keen to get involved and build rapport with the rest of the team. In summary, we’re looking for a skilled resident Optometrist to join us, be part of the team and assist in driving our practice forward.

 

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