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Position: Optometrist
Location: Cowbridge
Salary: Up to £65,000 (pro rata) depending on experience and higher accreditations
Working hours: Part time
Experience level: Open to both newly qualified and experienced Optometrists who are registered with the GOC
We are looking for another Optometrist to join our thriving store in Cowbridge. Our experienced team uses the very latest clinical technology, which allows them to improve patient outcomes. We’re a community-focused store dedicated to ensuring that every one of our customers receives an excellent patient experience. We’re seeking an Optometrist ready to use their passion and knowledge to help us build on our ever-growing and loyal customer base.
What’s on offer?
- Salary up to £65,000 (pro rata) depending on experience and higher accreditations
- Support with registration to NHS Wales
- Part time working pattern (3 or 4 days per week)
- Holiday allowance of 33 days per year (pro rata)
- Pension contribution
- Professional fees paid
- Join a supportive and established team
- Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities including IP
- Opportunity to progress to Pathway/Partnership – even if you haven’t been a manager before, we can equip you with the tools to have every success in being one!
- Support with CPD points
- Access for all store employees to our discounted benefits scheme
- WeCare - WeCare looks after your wellbeing with a 24/7 UK-based online GP, mental health counselling, a get fit programme, legal and financial guidance, plus much more. Using your phone, tablet or desktop, you and your family have 24/7 access to thousands of experts, all from the comfort of your own home.
- Annual subscription to the "Headspace" app
- Access to the latest clinical technology such as OCT
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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.
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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.
Find out more
Interested? To find out more contact Tom Shrewsbury: thomas.shrewsbury@specsavers.com / 07860666213
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