Role overview
As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you'll work with advanced technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT, and automated phoropters.
Your passion for optometry will support our ambition to 'See More, Be More' for our customers, enhancing their lifestyle through tailored eyecare and eyewear solutions. We are open to discussing flexible working hours to suit your needs, whether that’s around school runs or a compressed week.
Who are we?
We are Vision Express, with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering a variety of working environments from city centre flagship stores to coastal locations. As part of EssilorLuxottica, the global leader in vision care, we represent renowned brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples.
Who is the perfect candidate?
* Experience in eye testing and providing specialist recommendations for eyecare and eyewear
* Excellent communication skills to explain professional terminology clearly to patients
* Teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with store colleagues
* Ability to work efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced retail setting
* Confidence, enthusiasm, and a proactive attitude
Additional information:
* Basic salary up to £79,000, dependent on experience and location
* £4,000 car allowance
* Performance-based bonus and incentives
* Comprehensive pension scheme
* Private medical cover for you and your family
* Annual free eyewear from day one
* Involvement in the OneSight Foundation
* Discounts for friends and family
* Confidential Employee Assistance Program
* Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
* Overtime paid at 85% of locum rate
* Access to leading technology and supportive working environments
* Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
* 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, with buy/sell options
* Flexible health benefits including Cash Plan, additional life cover, critical illness, and dental plans
* Participation in ECP community for peer learning
* Lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, dining cards, travel insurance, experience days, and cycle to work schemes
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