Specialist Optometrist | Cataract | Specialist Eye Clinic
£70,000 DOE + 33 Days Annual Leave + Paid Professional Fees
Brighton
Full-Time | 37.5 Hours
Are you interested in working for a specialist Eye Hospital?
Do you have an interest in Cataract?
Are you passionate about excellent patient care?
Then this could be the position for you!
I am currently looking for a motivated & career driven Optometrist to join this highly skilled team in this well-respected Specialist Eye Clinic based in Brighton, they have been delivering the best patient care transforming the quality of people’s vision for over 15 years, you’ll be working around some of the best Ophthalmologist in the industry.
We are seeking someone that is enthusiastic and passionate with a can-do attitude, someone that is strongly interested in developing themselves, working in a hospital environment with an interest in Cataract with a put the patients first mentality, you will have a great patient interaction and care, you will be career driven & a motivated Individual.
This exciting new opportunity to join this growing & developing business working with a highly skilled, diverse, welcoming team has arisen due to service demand, you will have access to state of the art technologies, attending to private and NHS referred patients, although this role is predominantly focused on Cataract, training can be provided for the right candidate.
What’s in it for you?
- Up to 70,000 DOE
- 33 days Annual Leave
- Annual Pay Reviews
- Pension Up to 5%
- PMI
- Enhanced Maternity Leave
- Private Healthcare
- Free Laser Eye Treatment
- IP Training
Requirements
- GOC Registered.
- Minimum 2 Years Post Registration Experience in the UK
- Experience working in a clinical or hospital setting
- Experience within refraction
- Experience of using patient administration systems and electronic medical record systems
- Cataract Experience (Desirable) Can Provide Training
- IP Qualification (Desirable) Can Provide Training.
Responsibilities
- Carry out examinations that are associated with cataract surgery
- Run acute and follow up clinics post-surgery for patients documenting findings in the electronic medical record systems.
- Provide health advice and support to patients attending the hospital.
- Provide first line clinical advice to patients and follow the appropriate means of referral to a medical practitioner if necessary.
- Ensure awareness of the uses, safety precautions and handling of equipment within the clinical competency framework.
- Ensure awareness of CQC policies and updates, attending all mandatory update courses
- Help to control cross infection by enforcing Hospital policy regarding Uniform Policy, the maintenance of a clean working environment, decontamination and sterilisation procedures.
- Follow correct procedures for documenting and reporting any accident or incident.
- Proactively identify ways to improve processes and service to ensure a streamlined, efficient and high-quality service is offered to patients
- Build relationships with patients during their consultation to ensure that their individual needs are understood and that this is matched to the most suitable treatment solution
- Proactively provide explanations to patient around treatment and ensure all patient questions are answered fully
- Responsible for achieving set conversion rates from consultation to booking of treatment
- Ensure compliance with relevant pre-authorisation processes and collection of surgery deposits
- Travel to hospital sites as required for training or meetings
Recommendations
Compass Recruitment Solutions is acting as a Recruitment Consultancy for this permanent vacancy; we offer £200 Vouchers for each successful recommendation.
Contact Details
If you would like more information on this exciting opportunity, please apply for the role or you can send your CV directly to Ant Maitland | amaitland@compassltd.co.uk
