Optometrist

One job advert will never tell you everything about this Optometrist opportunity in the Penicuik area – but it should tell you enough to know whether it’s worth a proper chat.

Here are 7 things worth knowing:

• Salaries reflect value and contribution. £50,000 – £60,000 base for Optometrists, £65,000 for Seniors

• This is genuine growth, not replacement. The practice is doubling in size, moving from 2 to 5 test rooms, expanding into a brand-new building just around the corner and building a much bigger clinical team

• The practice itself is seriously impressive. Five test rooms, audiology space, a team room and even a garden room for summer lunch breaks, alongside brand-new OCT, ultra-wide angle imaging, topography and high-end Zeiss kit

• Testing times are built around patients, not targets. Typically 40–45 minutes, with flexibility for senior Optometrists to shape their own clinics based on experience and patient need

• Teamwork genuinely matters here. DOs support with pre-testing, scans can be done for you or together, and everyone chips in when needed. No rigid policies, no conveyor-belt optometry (just doing the right thing for patients)

• Working patterns are flexible. Ideally 4.5 days, open to full time, and part-time considered for experienced Optometrists. Contact lenses are shared across the team and the role feels balanced, not pressured

• Staff stay because they’re looked after. Exceptionally low turnover, long-serving team members and a business that paid staff 100% through Covid because people come first

If that sounds like the kind of Optometrist role that actually fits how optometry should be practised, click Apply and Talentshed will be in touch to talk it through.

If it’s not quite right, still reach out – the right role often isn’t far away.

Talk to Talentshed: 01872 309090