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Optometrist
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Position: Optometrist
Location: Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon
Salary: up to £65,000 (depending on experience)
Working hours: Full Time or Part Time (1 day over the weekend required)
- Mon-Fri 0900-1730
- Sat 0830-1700
- Sun 1000-1600
Experience level: You must be a GOC registered Optometrist.
Specsavers in Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon are looking for an Optometrist to join their existing team of 2 other Optometrists, 1 Dispensing Optician and 1 Dispensing Optician Manager. The focus at this store is about pulling together and working as a team to ensure that our valued patients have an excellent experience. Become our new Optometrist at Specsavers in Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon – a highly successful store with a great reputation for staff progression and the very highest standards of customer care. The store is based just off the motorway offering 3 test rooms on site, with an average of 25min testing times during the weekdays and between 20-25min over the weekend. Free parking is also available.
What’s on Offer?
- An annual salary of up to £65,000 (depending on experience)
- A strong performance-based bonus scheme
- 33 days holiday + birthday off
- Private health and dental cover
- Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
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- Annual subscription to the "Headspace" app
- Support with CPD points
- Access to the latest clinical technology such as OCT
- Team social gatherings every month
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We are passionate about the clinical development of our team, and as our new Optometrist, we would like to support you with extra courses and specialisms that interest you. Whatever your ambitions, from WOPEC qualifications and independent prescribing to paediatric accreditations or enhanced optical services, we will do everything we can to help you be the best clinician 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.
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If you have everything we’re looking for and are excited by this opportunity, we’re excited to hear from you. Head to our website to learn more about the role, or even better, apply now.
Please contact Alex Caluori at Specsavers Recruitment Service on 01566770228 or alex.caluori@specsavers.com.
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