What can you expect from the role?
Role 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 will support our ambition to ‘See More, Be More’ for our customers, maximising their lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.
We are open to discussing flexible working options to fit your ideal schedule, whether that means hours to accommodate the school run or a compressed week.
Who are we?
We are Vision Express, with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering diverse working environments from city centre flagship stores to coastal locations. As part of the EssilorLuxottica family, we are connected to the global leader in lenses, frames, and sunglasses, including brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples.
Who is the perfect candidate?
* Experience testing patients' eyes and providing specialist recommendations for eyecare and eyewear
* Excellent communication skills to translate technical terminology into understandable language for patients
* Team player with colleagues across the store
* Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
* Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm
Additional information
* Basic salary up to £73,000 (dependent on experience and location)
* £4,000 car allowance
* Sales and performance-based bonus
* Targeted incentives and a competitive pension scheme
* Private medical cover for you and your family
* Free annual eyewear from day one
* Opportunities to participate in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
* Discounts for friends and family
* Confidential Employee Assistance Program
* Ongoing CPD and personal development
* Additional overtime paid at 80% of locum rate
* Access to advanced technology and great working environments
* Coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO
* 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, plus holiday buy/sell options
* Flexible health benefits including Health Cash Plan, additional life, critical illness, and dental cover
* Participation in a company-wide ECP community for knowledge sharing
* Flexible lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, Dining Cards, Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and Cycle to Work
* And much more!
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