Optometrist

Are you an ambitious optometrist looking to keep your career moving as part of our well-established team? You’ve come to the right place. We truly believe in a work life balance and building your career around you.

Our store 

Specsavers in Milton Keynes is a successful store known for its excellent reputation in staff progression and high standards of customer care. The store features two floors with eight testing rooms and the latest equipment, including two brand new, upgraded OCT machines.

Milton Keynes offers several benefits, such as attendance bonuses, compressed hours, and your birthday off, along with complimentary espressos. We recognize that everyone has different progression plans, and we aim to create a bespoke plan tailored to you, just as we do with our packages.

Whether you are newly qualified or have years of experience, if you are passionate about eyecare and ready to bring your best every day, this role could be a great fit. With opportunities for clinical and professional development, along with innovative equipment and a team of experienced Opticians and Technicians, this is an opportunity worth considering. 

Our team  

At our store, the emphasis is on collaboration and teamwork to provide our valued patients with an exceptional experience. We have established monthly conversations to gather insights on what you, as an optometrist, desire from our store and how you would like to engage. At Specsavers in Milton Keynes, we ensure that your voice is heard.

Location

Milton Keynes offers excellent accessibility through various public transport routes and provides ample local parking for drivers.

Key transport connections include:

• Just 30 minutes from Luton
• A 30-minute train ride from central London
• Only 16 minutes from Northampton
• A direct rail link from the West Midlands, taking approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, including connections from Leicester and Birmingham.

What’s on offer? 

As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:   

• Package worth up to £74,000 to include bonuses, benefits etc. (dependent on experience and professional certifications).
• Working Pattern: Full time or part time available. Tell us what works for you.
• Holiday allowance of 33 days a year
• Amazing transport connections to London (30-minutes by train) Leicester and Birmingham also have great transport (1 hour 16 minutes)
• GOC & College fees paid for
• We're signed up to the Great Place to Work scheme, meaning we offer enhanced sick leave, parental leave, and eyecare/hearcare vouchers (such as free glasses with no cap on cost, free eye tests and OCT, and more!).
• Pension contribution
• Parking fees paid
• Free Nespresso (from a top of the range machine)!
• Modern store environment, due to a recent refit.
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• All the latest equipment including OCT, Phoropters & Autorefractors
• Great team environment

What we’re looking for? 

• Qualified and GOC registered Optometrist
• Confident
• Strong work ethic
• Willing to succeed
• Encourages colleagues
• Goes the extra mile 

Find out more 

If you have everything we’re looking for and are excited by this opportunity, we’re excited to hear from you. Now is the perfect time to apply!

For more information, please call me on Show phone number or email Kasia on View email address on join.specsavers.com

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