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As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you’ll get to work with world-class technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT and automated phoropters to name a few. Your passion for optometry will support our ambition to ‘See More, Be More’ for our customers, maximising their lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions. In our stores, you will work with technology such as Automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, Fundus Camera, Visual Field Analyser, OCT and Automated Phoropters.
Although the hours of this role are advertised, we are open to discussing flexible options to fit around your ideal working week, including hours to fit around the school run 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, smaller village stores, and coastal locations. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, the global leader in lenses, frames and sunglasses, with priority eyewear brands including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples.
Who is the perfect candidate?
Experience in testing patients’ eyes and eyesight while providing specialist recommendations on appropriate eyecare or eyewear solutions. Great communication and rapport-building to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients. Teamwork with colleagues across the store. Ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment. Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm.
Responsibilities
* Experience in testing patients eyes and eyesight whilst providing specialist recommendations on appropriate eyecare or eyewear solutions
* Great communication and rapport building to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients
* Team work with colleagues across the whole store team
* The ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment
* Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm
What you’ll get
* Basic salary up to £80,000 (subject to your experience and location)
* An additional £4,000 car allowance
* Sales and performance-based bonus
* Targeted incentives
* Competitive pension scheme
* Private medical cover for you and your family
* Life assurance - 4x your basic annual salary
* Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one of joining us
* Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
* Discounts for friends and family
* Employee Assistant Program offering confidential support and advice
* Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
* Additional overtime opportunities paid at 80% of the locum rate
* Access to world leading technology and great working environments
* Coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO
* 33 days annual leave - increasing with length of service, plus the option to buy or sell holiday
* Flexible health-related benefits, such as Health Cash plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover and Dental Plan
* Opportunities to join a company-wide ECP community with peer-to-peer knowledge sharing
* Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and Cycle to Work Scheme
* And so much more!
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Sales, Consulting, and Health Care Provider
* Industries: Retail
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