Optometrist - Independent Practice

Optometrist

Galashiels, Scottish Borders
£65,000 + exclusive benefits
High-end Independent
Closed Saturdays & Sundays!
50-minute test times
Unique Specialist services
Free parking Luxurious practice
OCT Optomap DNEye Scanner

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Major Healthcare are looking to speak with GOC registered Optometrist on behalf of an independent optical practice that serves the community across the Scottish Borders with a sterling reputation for clinical excellence and patient care.

The practice is one of the few opticians in Scotland qualified to provide treatment for patients referred from hospital and offers state-of-the art technology for early diagnosis and monitoring of disease for both private and NHS patients.

The company remain consistent in their integrity and heartfelt determination to provide the best independent eye care in the country. They are looking to employ a new Optometrist on a full or part time basis to become an invaluable member of their Scottish Borders team.

Working as a Optometrist within this truly unique high-end independent gives you the chance to spend more time with patients, offering them a truly clinic assessment process. It can also offer long term development to become more involved in the practice and wider company operations.

How could this position benefit you?

Competitive salary with exclusive benefits:

• Up to £65,000 basic salary, a lucrative practice based and personal commission structure, four potential pay rises per year, paid professional fees and free parking

Enjoy a proper work-life balance:

• No weekend commitment is required as the practice is closed Saturdays and Sundays, they also closed over Bank Holidays and throughout Christmas

Unique workflow, promoting the highest quality patient care:

• 50-minute - 1 hour testing times, offering a bespoke extremely clinical patient experience

Ensures that clients can find the perfect fit:

• The company work with a wide range of exclusive designer and fashionable frames and lenses without having to be restricted to any one supplier

Be truly proud of where you work:

• Working within a beautifully designed, open planned and very modern practice with 1 testing room, the practice has recently completed a new refit reflecting the companies luxurious brand image

Exclusive team building and bonding opportunities:

• Annual trips away where last year the whole company went to Barcelona for the weekend

Access to the latest high-spec equipment to enhance patient care:

• OCT, Optomap, Rodenstock DNEye Scanner, Henson 5000 Visual Eye Screener to name a few, with a fully computerised management system throughout the practice

Comprehensive and tailored eye care:

• The company run a variety of unique specialist services and clinics including treatments for Dry Eye & Blepharitis, Glaucoma & Cataract Referrals, Noctura - Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment, AMD - Age Related Macular Degeneration, Myopia Management and Specialist Contact Lenses (Inc. Ortho-K)

Collaborative and supportive work culture:

• Operating weekly support huddles within an experienced professional team who have worked together for many years and are all passionate about optometry

Potential for personal and professional growth:

• They can offer bespoke long term career progression and financially support a variety of monthly internal and external training conferences

Details and requirements:

• Opening hours: Monday - Friday (09:00am - 17:00pm)
• Closed Saturdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays and over Christmas
• Full or part time positions considered
• Eligible to work in the UK and GOC registered

Salary and benefits:

• Up to £65,000 + professional fees & pension
• 20 days holiday + 9 BH + Birthdays & Christmas (31 in total)
• Practice based and personal commission structure
• Four potential pay rises per year
• Free parking
• Staff discounts

What to do next?

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Even if you don't have an updated CV or are just curious to find out more, get in touch and we can have an informal chat about the position.