Overview
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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 will support our ambition to ‘See More, Be More’ for customers, maximising their lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.
Hours for this role are advertised, and we are open to discussing flexible options to fit around your ideal working week.
Vision Express has over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, a global leader in lenses, frames and sunglasses with brands including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples.
Responsibilities
* 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.
* 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 £79,000 (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 Assistance Program offering confidential support and advice on finances and wellbeing.
* 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, with option to buy or sell holidays.
* 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 and collaboration via internal channels.
* Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and Cycle to Work Scheme discounts.
* And more.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Sales, Consulting, and Health Care Provider
Industries
* Retail
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