Overview
Join to apply for the Optometrist role at Vision Express. 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 eye care and eyewear solutions.
We’re flexible about hours
Although the hours of this role are advertised, we are open to flexible options such as hours to fit around the school run or a compressed week.
Who are we?
Vision Express has over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering positions in city centre flagship, village store, or coastal locations. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames, and sunglasses.
Who is the perfect candidate?
* Experience in testing patients’ eyes and eyesight whilst providing specialist recommendations on appropriate eye care or eyewear solutions
* Great communication and rapport‑building skills to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients
* Teamwork 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
Anything else you should know?
Basic salary up to £69,000 (subject to your experience and location).
* 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 and advice
* 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 your length of service, plus the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
* 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
* Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, dining cards, discounted travel insurance, experience days, and even discounted bicycles through a 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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