Overview
As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you’ll work with world class technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT and automated phoropters.
Your passion for optometry supports our ambition to ‘See More, Be More’ for customers, maximising their lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.
Although the hours of this role are advertised, we’re open to discussing flexible options to fit your ideal working week, whether around school runs or a compressed week.
Who are we?
We are Vision Express with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland. We operate in busy city centre flagship stores, smaller village stores, and coastal locations. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, a global leader in design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses, housing brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, among others.
Who is the perfect candidate?
* Experience in testing patients’ eyes and eyesight while providing specialist recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions
* Strong communication and rapport-building to Translate professional terminology into patient-friendly language
* Teamwork with colleagues across the store
* Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
* Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm
Things you should know
* Sales and performance-based bonus
* Private medical cover for you and your family
* Life assurance - 4x your basic annual salary
* Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one
* Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
* Discounts for friends and family
* Employee Assistance Program for confidential support
* Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
* Additional overtime opportunities paid at 85% of the locum rate
* Access to world leading technology and great working environments
* Coverage of professional fees such as CORU
* 33 days annual leave - increasing with length of service, plus the option to buy or sell holiday
* Opportunity to join a company-wide ECP community with peer-to-peer knowledge sharing
* Flexible lifestyle benefits including Gourmet Society Cards, Taste Cards, and Cycle to Work Scheme
Next steps
We’re thrilled you’re considering applying. Submit your online application via our careers site, where we’ll review your qualifications against the role requirements. Unsuccessful applications will be informed by email.
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