Eye Sciences Clinical Research Associate

Optegra has an exciting new opportunity for an Eye Sciences Clinical Research Associate to join our amazing UK Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing and developing business and benefit from our fantastic fully funded training programs.

Company Overview

At Optegra we work with inspiring, passionate and highly skilled teams with a common goal to deliver the highest standards of patient care. We re a small company that does big things with a family feel and our people are at the heart of it. As a leader in specialist eye care, we take pride in knowing our patients are the focus of everything we do and can live better lives because of the treatments we provide.

Our business is growing, as we continue to provide treatments on behalf of the NHS as well as elective eye surgery. There has never been a better time to join Optegra!

Benefits

As part of the Optegra Team, you ll have access to brilliant pay and benefits, including

• Generous salary which is reviewed annually. This role pays up to £53,000 dependent on experience
• Generous matched pension contributions
• 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Private Healthcare, 24/7 GP appointments, physio and counselling for your wellbeing
• Free laser eye treatment for you and 20% discount for friends and family
• Learning and development which supports you to be the best you can be and progress on your career path
• Access to thousands of discounts from all the bid (and plenty of small) names on the high street, including retail, supermarkets, travel and hospitality to help your money go further
• SMART working because we believe in work life balance

Purpose of Post - Overview

The Clinical Research Associate will be an integral part of The Eye Sciences team working alongside Consultants and Optometrists. The successful candidate will work from home and ideally be based within travelling distance to at least one of our UK Hospitals and will be required to travel to other sites periodically. Optegra hospitals are supported by dedicated optometrists and healthcare technicians and Consultant level Ophthalmic Surgeons who provide a wide range of procedures including refractive lens exchange, laser vision correction, cataract surgery and medical and vitreoretinal procedures.

The Clinical Research Associate will work with the Head of Eye Sciences and the clinical teams at Optegra hospitals to develop and run Optegra s clinical trials and audits. The Associate will support in the publication of the results of research activities in leading scientific journals and professional publications. In addition, the Associate will assist Optegra in evaluating new treatments and technologies. As part of the Eye Sciences team, the Associate will assist in producing presentations and training materials and will assist in delivering presentations internally and externally.

You ll see and feel the Optegra difference when you walk through the door and you ll have every opportunity to really make a difference.

Optegra is proud to be an inclusive business where you can enjoy the career you want, without changing the person you are. We re welcoming to all, working together as a supportive team, respecting the uniqueness of every individual we work with.

Closing date: Please get your application to us as soon as possible. We may close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

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