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Optometrist - Part Time
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Location: Colchester
Contract Type: Part-time, permanent
Hours: 9.5 hours per week, Fridays only
Salary: Up to £77,625 FTE, depending on experience, pro rata for part-time hours
We are recruiting on behalf of a leading private specialist eye care provider for an experienced Optometrist based in Colchester.
This is a fantastic part-time opportunity for a GOC-registered Optometrist with refractive experience who is looking to work within a modern, patient-focused ophthalmology setting. The role is for 1 day per week on Fridays, offering 9.5 hours per week and access to excellent training and development opportunities.
You will work as part of a skilled multi-disciplinary team alongside consultants and clinical colleagues, supporting patients across cataract and refractive pathways. This role would suit an Optometrist who is confident carrying out pre-operative and post-operative consultations and assessing patients’ suitability for treatment.
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The Role
As an Optometrist, you will support the delivery of high-quality clinical care within a specialist eye care environment. Your responsibilities will include:
- Carrying out examinations associated with cataract and refractive surgery
- Completing pre-operative and post-operative consultations
- Running acute and follow-up clinics for post-surgery patients
- Accurately documenting findings using electronic medical record systems
- Providing clinical advice, health advice, and support to patients
- Referring patients to a medical practitioner where required
- Working closely with consultants, nurses, and wider clinical colleagues
- Following clinical governance, CQC, equipment safety, and mandatory training requirements
What We’re Looking For
- Current GOC registration as a fully qualified Optometrist
- Refractive experience is essential
- Experience working as an Optometrist in a refractive, high street, hospital, or specialist clinical setting
- Experience using patient administration systems and electronic medical record systems
- Confidence working with conversion targets and KPIs within vision correction
- Strong communication skills and a patient-focused approach
- Good IT skills and excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Availability to work Fridays
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Benefits
The successful candidate will have access to a strong benefits package, which may include:
- Funded training and development
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare and wellbeing support
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Enhanced family leave
- Free or discounted eye treatment benefits, subject to policy
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced refractive optometrist looking for a part-time role within specialist private eye care.
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