Optometrist

Optical Express Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - GBP 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eye care provider in Birmingham is seeking a qualified Optometrist to join their team. You will deliver exceptional patient care and clinical support alongside experienced professionals. The role requires a minimum of 3 years of experience as a GOC registered optometrist. You will benefit from a competitive salary package including annual leave, pension, and healthcare. Opportunities for full and part-time work, relocation assistance may be offered.

Benefits

Market leading salary

Performance Pay scheme

33 days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare

Paid Professional Fees

Indemnity Coverage

Independent Prescribing Sponsorship

Access to Optical Express CET courses

Discounted Laser Eye Surgery

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience as a GOC registered optometrist.
• Strong ability to provide pre and post-operative consultations.
• Experience in performing essential and advanced eye examinations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre and post-operative consultations for patients.
• Provide clinical support to ophthalmologists.
• Perform essential and advanced eye examinations.

Skills

GOC registered

Patient care

Clinical support

Education

3+ years experience as an optometrist

Job description

Overview

Optometrist Role

Location – Birmingham

Must be 3+ years qualified

As the UK’s leading private provider of laser eye, premium intraocular lens and cataract surgery, our expert Surgeons undertake more procedures collectively than any other national provider. For over 35 years, millions of patients have trusted Optical Express with their eye care. We are focused on delivering exceptional patient care, outstanding clinical outcomes and continued investment in our people and technology.

A fantastic opportunity has become available for an optometrist to provide care to patients from our surgery clinic in the city centre of Birmingham on Corporation Street. The clinic can be accessed via the Stephenson Street entrance. Just head up Corporation Street and you can find us on the right, opposite of Coventry Building Society.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside experienced eye care professionals, including ophthalmologists, and play a crucial role in the delivery of a diverse range of clinical eye care services to our patients.

We ask that you have a minimum of 3 years experience as a GOC registered optometrist.

Responsibilities

• Pre and post-operative consultations for our refractive and cataract surgery patients
• Providing clinical support to our ophthalmologists
• Providing Essential and Advanced Eye examinations for our patients

Your package:

• A market leading salary
• Salary enhancement through our Performance Pay scheme
• 33 days annual leave per year, increasing with length of service
• Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare
• Paid Professional Fees
• Indemnity Coverage
• Independent Prescribing Sponsorship and Placement Assistance
• Access to Optical Express CET courses
• Complimentary or discounted Laser Eye Surgery, Intraocular Lens surgery or Lipiflow treatment
• Generous Optical Express Friends and Family Discount scheme

Full and part time opportunities are available. Relocation allowances will be considered.

Optical Express is committed to providing clinicians and patients alike with access to state of the art diagnostic and treatment technologies from a range of market leaders such as Carl Zeiss and Johnson & Johnson Vision.

Full refractive and cataract surgery training will be provided and is delivered by experienced clinicians. To ensure you have maximum support day-to-day in the clinic, you will work alongside an exceptional professional team, as well as having access to invaluable guidance from the Clinical Services team, which includes some of the most experienced optometrists and ophthalmologists in the specialist areas of refractive surgery and cataract care.