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Welcome to the newest page on our website. On this page you will find details of local jobs for Optometrists, DOs and other practice staff.

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Supervising Optometrist Job Vacancy – UWE Bristol Eye Clinic

Job Position:

Supervising Optometrist.

Practice Address:

UWE Bristol Eye Clinic, University of the West of England, Glenside Campus, Blackberry Hill, Bristol, BS16 1DD

Telephone Number: 0017 328 3300

Hours:

8:30AM to 5:00PM, one day a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday) during academic term time (September to April).

Salary:

£38.56 per hour.

Job Description 

About us:

UWE Bristol Optometry is looking for optometrists keen to support our final year optometry undergraduates as they complete their university-based clinical training in our state-of-the-art patient-facing clinical facility, UWE Bristol Eye Clinic. UWE Bristol Optometry students gain real life clinical experience in a range of eye care clinics at UWE Bristol Eye Clinic, located on the Glenside campus, including primary eye care, contact lenses, low vision, and binocular vision and paediatric eye care, and will benefit from the input of enthusiastic optometrists with contemporary experience of these areas of clinical practice.

About you:

You are an optometrist who knows how enjoyable it is to develop the clinical skills of others and are excited to have the opportunity to make a difference to the next generation of eye care professionals. You want to support UWE Bristol Optometry students and enhance your own skills in clinical supervision and guidance. Your insights and experience of current optometry practice will benefit the development of UWE Bristol Optometry students as they complete their undergraduate training.

For further information and to download the job description, please visit https://bit.ly/3w56XmF

Contact Details:

Please contact Lewes Hambrey on 0117 328 1655 to discuss the role further or email your expression of interest and CV to Lewes.Hambrey@uwe.ac.uk

Deadline: Friday 31st May 2024

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SPECSAVERS – 2 Fore Street, CHARD, Somerset TA20 1PH

Position: Optometrist
Location:  Chard
Salary: up to £65,000 + Benefits Working hours: Full time or Part time hours considered
Experience level: You must be a GOC registered Optometrist

Specsavers in Chard are looking for a forward-thinking Optometrist. 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. Join us at Specsavers in Chard where we deliver the very best in customer care.

What’s on Offer?

  • An annual salary of up to £65,000 depending on experience.
  • Holiday allowance of 33 days per year, which can be negotiated.
  • Flexible hours, 4-day week and part-time considered
  • Private health and dental cover
  • Pension contribution
  • Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
  • Support with CPD
  • Small community focused store, operating much like an Independent
  • 2 long form testing rooms with trial frames, phoropter can be provided if preferred.
  • Maximum of 18 tests a day

With a focus on flexibility, we are open to full-time and part-time applicants and will consider any working pattern to suit you. So, whether you need condensed hours, alternate weekends, or early finishes, we’re open to making it work – but let’s talk about that later.

Find out more

If you like the sound of this opportunity, I’d love to tell you more about it.  Please get in touch at jakki.whitehouse@specsavers.com or call me on 01566 788 644

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NK Opticians, Bath Street, Cheddar, BS27 3AA – Dispensing Optician

Are you a skilled and passionate Dispensing Optician with an eye for style and flair? We have an incredible full-time position available at our Cheddar branch, with part-time options considered. Plus, you’ll have the chance to work in our Weston-super-Mare practice.

What we offer:* An enthusiastic and friendly team to work with.
* The opportunity to showcase your expertise with high-end frames and lenses.
* A supportive environment to enhance your skills and professional growth.
* No weekend working, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
* Competitive salary.

Hours: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.15pm with an hour for lunch

Experienced Optical Assistants may also be considered for this role, so if you have the passion and skills, we’d love to hear from you!

If you’re ready to elevate your career and be a part of our optical family, contact our Practice Manager, Coral, on 01934 743723.
See clearly, take the leap, and join us in creating vision excellence!!

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Optometrist – Eyetech Opticians, Street, Somerset

Flexible to full time

Eyetech is offering an opportunity to an enthusiastic individual with a desire to embrace Independent Optometry.  Our Street and Midsomer Norton practices are looking for someone with progressive and innovative ideas who would like to get involved and have a positive, proactive influence on the future direction of the company.

We will offer the successful candidate a competitive salary and the flexibility to achieve a good work life balance plus our support and encouragement to pursue any specific areas of interest within optics.

Succession could be a possibility if desired but is not a requirement.

Please contact Adrian Springett on 01458 442178 or email Adrian.Springett@eyetech-opticians.co.uk

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Optometrist – Yeovil & Chard – Robert Frith Opticians

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a clinically focussed, quality driven practice.  You could work within a collaborative team of optometrists with a number of special interests.  Amongst the team is four IP qualified optometrists, two doctorates, a glaucoma diploma, specialist contact lens fitter, two trained orthoptists and a dyslexia specialist. This practice is fully supportive of optometrists developing their special interests, including support for higher qualifications and they actively encourage staff to spend part of the week in hospital work.  Five of their optometrists also work within hospital ophthalmology departments, doing glaucoma, macular, casualty, paediatric refraction and orthoptics clinics.

The practice itself is spacious, all air-con, extensively equipped including latest Humphrey VFA and OCT.  The mail practice is in Yeovil and is one of the biggest independents in the South West, the sister practice in Chard is smaller but brand new and refurbished since a relocation in 2019.  Both practices have well trained, welcoming support staff including four dispensing opticians.

Hours: Flexible up to Full Time

Please contact Ben Williams on 01935 478 463 or email ben@robertfrith.net

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Experienced Dispensing Assistant or Dispensing Optician – Robert Frith, Yeovil/Chard

Robert Frith Optometrists in Yeovil are a patient focussed practice with emphasis on clinical work and quality dispensing.  The successful candidate will have had a strong customer service ethic and enjoy giving patients the time and attention to detail they deserve.

Salary – competitive, dependant on experience and qualification.

Hours: Flexible, Locum work available.

Please contact Ben Williams at ben@robertfrith.net

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Dispensing Optician – Robert Frith, Crewkerne

Robert Frith Optometrists are looking for a qualified Dispensing Optician with an exceptional eye for detail and a desire to make a difference.  Ideally you would have some experience in stock purchasing and strong commercial awareness.

Robert Frith’s in Crewkerne strive to offer an extremely high level of service focussed around the patients individual needs and although a small team we are committed to giving the very best which means the ability to adjust and adapt are key for the right driven and self-motivated candidate to join us as we undergo an exciting period of expansion and refurbishment.

They would love to hear from, please email peter.chapman@frithsopticians.co.uk for further information.

Hours: Monday – Friday 8.45am – 17.00pm

Saturdays – 8.45am – 13.00pm

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Full-time/Part-time Optometrist required. Up to £60k DOE

Rogers Optical Limited, trading as Boots Opticians in Street and Wells would like to employ an Optometrist with a keen passion for eye health to work in either the Street or Wells Boots Opticians practices.

Both practices have OCT’s and we have recently employed a professional development Optometrist in our sister practice in Portishead to provide help and support to any professional employees working within our group of practices that would like to progress their career and gain higher education certificates in Glaucoma, medical retina or Independent prescribing.

Please contact Pete Rogers (Director) on 01458442434 or alternatively email Pete.rogers89@gmail.com for any further information

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Optometrist – Turners Concept Eye Clinic, Bridgwater

Turners is a leading, independent practice in Somerset, with an outstanding reputation for providing high-quality optical eye care in a beautiful and comfortable environment. They seek talented people to join their team and enjoy the benefits of a rewarding career with them.

If you are interested in using the latest diagnostic instruments, have a keen interest in anterior eye, want to additionally develop your experience in an Acute Referral Clinic, then Turners is you natural home.

They seek an optometrist who is highly motivated to provide first class patient care. Now part of the progressive Concept Eye Clinic Group, Turners is a practice that inspires trust.  You will have excellent optometric skills, but also a warm personality and an innate ability to engage with people.

They seek someone with confidence to operate effectively and positively as a team player.  Working with the very best lenses state-of-the-art optical technology and careful chosen designer products, you will be integral to their success with you initiative and passion.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional Optometrist.

Excellent package available for the right candidate.

To apply please forward your CV and covering letter to: ian@turnersvision.com

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Dispensing Optician – Turners Concept Eye Clinic, Bridgwater

Turners is a leading, award winning independent practice, with an outstanding reputation for providing friendly and high-quality patient care.

Turners are seeking a qualified Dispensing Optician who is commercially aware, people focused, highly motivated and sales driven to provide first class patient care.  The practice inspires patient trust.  You will have excellent dispensing skills, but also a warm personality and an innate ability to engage with and build rapport with patients.

Turners seek someone with confidence to operate effectively and positively as a team player. Working with the very best lenses, optical technology and products, you will be integral to our success with your initiative and forward thinking drive.

Salary:- £22,000 – £27,000 + Profit Share

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional DO seeking a rewarding career.  To apply please forward your CV and covering letter to:-

shehla.naqvi@concepteyeclinic.com

or for further information please contact Dr Ian Moss, Clinical Lead, Turners on 01278 422987 or email ian@turnersvision.com.

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