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 offer flexible working hours to suit your needs, whether around the school run, a compressed week, or other arrangements—discussed further during the application process.
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 smaller village or coastal locations. As part of the EssilorLuxottica family, we are connected to a 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 in testing patients' eyes and providing specialist recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions
* Excellent communication skills and rapport-building abilities to explain professional terminology clearly to patients
* Teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with store colleagues
* The ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
* Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm
Additional information
Basic salary up to £79,000 (dependent on experience and location), plus:
* £4,000 car allowance
* Sales and performance-based bonus
* Targeted incentives
* Competitive pension scheme
* Private medical cover for you and your family
* Free eyewear annually from day one
* Opportunities with the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
* Discounts for friends and family
* Confidential Employee Assistance Program
* Ongoing CPD and personal development
* Overtime paid at 85% of locum rate
* Access to advanced technology and a supportive environment
* Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
* 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, plus buy/sell options
* Flexible health benefits (Health Cash Plan, additional life, critical illness, dental)
* Participation in ECP community and knowledge sharing
* Flexible lifestyle benefits (Gymflex, dining cards, travel insurance, experience days, Cycle to Work Scheme)
* And much more!
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