What's in it for me?
- Industry-leading salary package
- Private Health Care
- 25 Days of Annual Leave (plus public holidays)
- Gym/Membership Subsidies
- Company Car (electric/hybrid/petrol)
- Access to Leightons Learning Academy
- Further Education and Progression
Life as a Leightons Pulse Optometrist…
This is a brand new, exciting opportunity to become one of the clinical leads for our patients journeys; and an ambassador for the Leightons’ Estate. A Pulse team member offers a unique blend of branch support coupled with extra responsibilities that contribute to the learning and development of our practice teams.
Below are just some of the responsibilities that will be covered in this role, which are ideal for someone looking to take the next step in their Optometry journey.
- Providing clinical cover to the Leightons' estate
- Being a unique voice between branches to ensure clinical standards are maintained
- Inducting new starters into the business
- Conducting experience days as part of our interview process for new staff members
- Supporting the creation of modules for our online learning system in partnership with the Learning and Development team
- Providing on-going training and support to our existing Optometrists
Life at Leightons…
- At Leightons we provide a higher quality experience for our people and, most importantly, for our patients. This premium service as a standard is something to which we attribute our success since our beginnings in 1928.
- All Leightons branches have the autonomy to choose what is best for our customers. We stock a wide range of frames and accessories from top brands accordingly.
- All of our dispenses are carried out by qualified Dispensing Opticians. This means that our patients have the ultimate clinical experience as well as creating handovers with confidence.
- We provide all of our patients with a 30 minute eye examination. This is backed by a comprehensive 15 minute pre-screening which is completed by one of our OHA's.
- All of our practices are equipped with OCT’s alongside the majority of our practices equipped with Optomap.
Am I suitable?
Travel is a necessity within our Pulse Team, so you must have a full UK driving license and be comfortable commuting to the following practices; Poole, Christchurch, Southampton, Chandlers Ford, Winchester, Burnham-On-Sea and Andover. This is one of the highlights of the role, enabling you to meet a diverse range of Leightons staff members and patients within an ever-changing landscape. If these locations are not suitable for you, please let the recruitment team know, and we are happy to have a discussion around this.
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and creating a workplace culture in which diversity and inclusion is valued and everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As part of our zero-tolerance approach to discrimination in any form, you and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Protected Characteristics).