Optometrist

Position: Optometrist
Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire 
Total package of up to £60,000 (depending on experience)
Working hours: Full Time or Part time
Experience level: You must be a GOC registered Optometrist

Specsavers in Stroud, Gloucestershire are looking for an enthusiastic Optometrist. We are a community-focused store dedicated to ensuring that every one of our customers receives an excellent patient experience. We are seeking an Optometrist ready to use their passion and knowledge to help us build on our ever-growing and loyal customer base. Join us at Specsavers in Stroud where we deliver the very best in customer care.

What’s on Offer?

• Full or Part time role - open to discussing flexible working
• Total package of up to £60,000 (depending on experience)
• Holiday allowance of 33 days per year 
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Access to the latest clinical technology such as OCT
• Great working relationship with New Medica
• Private medical & dental cover
• Access for all store employees to our discounted benefits scheme
• Support IP/Prof Cert Glaucoma
• Working alongside a friendly and experienced team
• Tier 2 support available 
• Pension scheme-We will auto-enrol you into the pension scheme with an employer contribution when you contribute too 
• Eyecare and hearcare discounts - Great savings for you and your family on eyecare and hearcare in store 
• Electric vehicles salary sacrifice scheme (for employees earning over £30k) 
• Specsavers Perks- Your portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings 
• WeCare- Employee support service to help you and your immediate family when need it most including Best Doctors second medical opinion service and 24/7 virtual GP 
• Complimentary subscription to the Headspace app – your personal guide to mindfulness, sleep, focus, movement and more 

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.

What we are 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 is not 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 are looking for a skilled resident Optometrist to join us, be part of the team and assist in driving our practice forward.

Find out more

If you like the sound of this opportunity, get in touch, we’d love to tell you more about it. Please get in touch at blair.mills@specsavers.com, call me on 07702 631967 or drop me a WhatsApp message.