Mobile Optometrist - Urgent Role

We are hiring a motivated Mobile Optometrist to join our dynamic team at The Boots Company PLC in Exeter, Devon.
Growing your career as a Full Time Mobile Optometrist is an incredible opportunity to develop competitive skills.
If you are strong in problem-solving, presentation and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Mobile Optometrist at The Boots Company PLC today!

Need to know • Extremely competitive salary of up to £65,000 (depending on experience, location and mobility)• A highly-rewarding, performance-based, uncapped discretionary bonus scheme up to £1,200 per quarter We have an exciting new opportunity for a Mobile Optometrist based from Boots Opticians Exeter, you'll also be supporting surrounding practices such as Exmouth, Taunton, Newton Abbot, Honiton, Paignton and Torquay. The role is advertised as full-time, however we understand flexibility is really important therefore we will consider both full time and part time hours. Our Exeter practice has 5 testing rooms which are equipped with Phoropters and OCT. We're a Centre of Expertise Store which is in a Boots UK store complimented with Hearing Care for our patients. Our brilliant team is made up of 23 individuals including a Dispensing Optician, 1 Contact Lens Optician and 3 Resident Optometrists. We have an easy bus route and park and ride is also available. There's a mixture of px demographic from students through to over 60's and we have a great relationship with SpaMedica so benefit from a lot of recommendations. Please email, call or text Noaman from the recruitment team for a confidential chat; View email address on click.appcast.io / View phone number on click.appcast.io

About the opportunity

As a Mobile Optometrist you will deliver excellent patient-centred care in practice, working in partnership with the opticians and healthcare team using own intuition, expertise and experience to deliver complete care solutions for our customers and patient. This role is absolutely key in enabling Boots Opticians to provide specialist care across the area.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering all nationally commissioned and locally available services and supports the development of new services
• Using your professional judgement for all clinical decisions that need to be taken within the opticians business
• Complying with the standards of practice and the current Boots Opticians clinical policies and standard operating procedures
• Working in partnership with the store leader to develop the professional capability of the opticians team. Supervises the development, education and training of colleagues and supports and mentors students (including Pre-Registration Optometrists)
• Knowing the Boots Opticians product portfolio including contact lenses and ophthalmic lenses, services and offers to use this information to create life-long patients and customers through appropriate recommendation
• Building firm and longstanding relationships – not only with colleagues and customers but with healthcare professionals in the local community
• Travelling to different stores within the area

About you

We’re looking for really inspiring people, with a friendly professional personality. To be successful in this role you will need to have the below capabilities:

• Registered with the General Optical Council (GOC) and the NHS
• High level of professional expertise and widely respected by stakeholders, peers, customers and external local professionals
• Passionate to drive high customer care and ensure high clinical standards
• Be the first choice for patients for their optometric needs
• Keeps up to date with their own learning and development, completing all continual education training CET as part of the GOC requirement
• Works in partnership with the local management team to deliver both optometry and ophthalmology led services
• Comfortable with the use of the OCT and results associated in stores with an OCT
• Digitally savvy and comfortable with navigating and embracing new technology
• Able to travel to various store locations across the area

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• One of the best staff discounts in the UK
• Attractive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with opportunity to purchase more
• Personal and professional career development. Interactive CET events provided throughout the year
• Additional flexible benefits that allows you to create a package that best suits your individual needs including cycle to work vouchers, discounted gym membership, cinema and restaurant discounts, and much more
• Excellent opportunities to develop and career opportunities across Boots Opticians, Retail and Pharmacy

Please click on the following link to apply or if you would like a confidential chat or get in contact with us at View email address on click.appcast.io, we would love to hear from you.

Why Boots?

Boots Opticians is one of the leading optical chains in the UK. We’re all about enriching the lives of every person who walks through our door; including yours. Bring your skills to a business that offers genuine career progression thanks to sheer diversity of stores and roles – and expect to be supported and developed from day one.

What’s next?

Thank you for taking the time to visit our careers page and read about this exciting opportunity. If you choose to apply, your application will be reviewed by our team and we will contact you as soon as we can. If successful, we will contact you to arrange an interview with the hiring manager.

This role is subject to a DBS/PVG check, Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.

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