Overview
Join to apply for the Optometrist role at Vision Express. 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 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. We are open to discussing flexible options for your ideal working week to fit around commitments or a compressed week.
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
Qualifications
* Experience in testing patients eyes and providing specialist recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions
* Strong communication skills and ability to translate professional terminology for patients
* Ability to work as part of a store-wide team
* Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
Benefits
* Basic salary up to £79,000 (subject to 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
* 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 including 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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