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Domiciliary Optometrist, hemel hempstead
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Opticall Home Visiting Opticians
Location:
hemel hempstead, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
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Posted:
05.05.2025
Expiry Date:
19.06.2025
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Job Description:
Lead Domiciliary Optometrist
***No Agencies Please***
Opticall Home Visiting Opticians | Hertfordshire & Surrounding Counties
Make a Real Difference in Eye Care – With Your Weekends Free
Are you a dedicated, GOC-registered optometrist who wants to deliver truly person-centred care? Join Opticall, the trusted home-visiting opticians to over 400 care homes, and use your clinical skills to transform the lives of residents who can't visit the high street. Enjoy a rewarding career with a regular weekday schedule and the support of an experienced, value-driven team.
Why Join Opticall?
No Weekend Work: Enjoy a Monday to Friday schedule – your weekends are always your own.
Competitive Package: £75,000–£80,000 salary plus an achievable bonus structure.
Comprehensive Benefits: Mileage allowance, paid GOC fees, pension contribution, equipment and uniform provided.
Person-Centred Collaborative Approach
Be part of our unique three-way collaboration between optometrist, care home, and family/NOK/POA, ensuring residents receive truly personalised care through shared communication and values.
Meaningful Impact
Help reduce falls (up to 50% of falls within care homes are linked to vision problems), improve quality of life, and address the fact that one in three care home residents wear incorrect or outdated glasses.
Utilise our innovative Digital Eye Care Portal and optical software systems to streamline your workflow and enhance patient care, positioning you at the forefront of digital healthcare solutions.
Supportive Environment: Benefit from a thorough induction, dementia and safeguarding training, and a dedicated admin and clinical support team.
Professional Growth
Opportunities for mentoring, management, or involvement in clinical innovation and service development.
Your Role
As our Super Optometrist, you'll -
Conduct comprehensive eye examinations and health assessments
Digitally document findings
Prescribe and recommend spectacles
Detect and manage eye conditions, provide referrals
Provide personalised eye care advice to patients and families when required
Collaborate with the team to deliver exceptional customer service
What We're Looking For
A values and service driven GOC-registered Optometrist with a full UK driving licence.
Strong clinical skills in eye examination, diagnosis, and management of ocular conditions.
Compassionate communicator, able to engage sensitively with elderly residents, including those living with dementia.
Organised, adaptable, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a wider team.
Commitment to continuous professional development and best practice.
Previous experience in domiciliary essential.
Interest in clinical leadership, mentoring, or service innovation.
Experience with digital patient record systems.
Our Service Area
We serve care homes across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Milton Keynes, Northampton and North West London.
Ready to Make a Real Difference?
If you're passionate about clinical excellence and want to transform lives through exceptional eye care – with your weekends free – we'd love to hear from you.
For an informal chat or to apply, contact Satish at [emailprotected]. All enquiries are treated in strict confidence.
Opticall Eyecare: Delivering exceptional eye care at home since 2009.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to diversity and inclusion.
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