Clinical Optometrist
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The Vacancy
Job Title: Optometrist
Location: Gateshead
Contract Type: Permanent, 3 days per week
Salary: Competitive
We are always looking for great talent to join our team and help achieve our ambitious goals and growth. We care about our people, and we care about the future of eye health and how CHEC can play an innovative part in making this great, with your help.
Are you an Optometrist who wants to continue helping people but need a better work life balance? If yes, then CHEC is your employer of choice! We have an exciting opportunity for an Optometrist to join us as we continue to expand throughout the UK.
About the Role
This role would suit an Optometrist who has 12 months post-registration experience and holds current GOC registration. You will be willing to expand your horizons and take the leap into the clinical side of optometry.
Our Optometrists provide independent eye care and make assessments on the need for cataract surgery ensuring patients understand the risks and benefits and providing reassurance throughout.
If successful, we will support your professional development. We can potentially offer training in YAG laser; this is dependant on the sites activity and what services are offered in the area.
We are looking for someone who can:
- Assess and counsel patients for cataract surgery, including discussing expected outcomes
- Ensure patients understand risks and benefits of surgery with a considerate manner reflecting the patients’ needs
- Providing reassurance from the start to the end of the patient journey
- Ensuring post-operative management is undertaken with the support of medical staff
- Undertake YAG laser with training
As the Clinical Optometrist, you will work alongside a wider clinical team to provide safe, effective, efficient delivery of clinical care. Your key responsibilities will focus on patient centric care, with a focus on providing independent eyecare and make assessments on the need for cataract surgery.
Who we are looking for:
- A GOC registered Optometrist with at least 12 months post-registration experience
- Motivated to develop with a keen interest in the clinical side of optometry
- Good communication and strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Understanding of clinical governance and ability to provide the highest quality of care to all patients
Why work for us?
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Buy and sell annual leave scheme
- Refer a friend scheme
- Company pension
- Company sick pay scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Bluelight Card- 100’s of discount and cashback options
- Performance review with a training and development plan
- Employee discounts portal
- Gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tech scheme
About CHEC
Since 2012, CHEC has been working with the NHS to increase patient choice and provide better access to exceptional, timely, locally-based ophthalmology and gastroenterology care – free at the point of care.
CHEC has a nationwide portfolio of over 25 community hospitals and clinics – operating in a unique hub-and-spoke model. We are proud to have a role alongside colleagues in the NHS, offering patients the choice of access to essential procedures and help achieve the best possible clinical outcomes.
CHEC are clinician-led and the priority always is our patients - our dedicated team of experienced healthcare professionals are committed to delivering personalised and compassionate patient care. In 2023/24, we achieved a 97.83% customer satisfaction rating, with 99.78% of patients saying they would recommend CHEC’s services to family and friends.
We continue to expand our community-based offering of vital healthcare to patients across England, recently launching ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) and Dermatology services. These services are Consultant-led and support GPs with diagnosing and managing common skin and Ear, Nose and Throat complaints.
As An Employer
Good relationships are built on trust, integrity, and honesty, the values that underpin CHEC’s commitment to the delivery of patient focused services. We strongly believe in a strong and open relationship with our employees.
As an employer, CHEC offers a great place to work and an enthusiastic team to work within. Amongst the benefits of becoming a CHEC team member are:
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