Overview
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As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you’ll get to work with world class technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT and automated phoropters to name a few. 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. In our stores, you will work with a range of technology including Automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, Fundus Camera, Visual Field Analyser, OCT and Automated Phoropters.
We are Vision Express - with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses. We offer a broad range of eyewear brands and benefits to our colleagues.
Responsibilities
* Experience in testing patients eyes and eyesight whilst 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 should know
Basic salary up to £80,000 (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 everything from financial support to emotional support
* Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
* 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, plus the option 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 discounted bicycles through Cycle to Work
* 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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Location: Pembroke Dock, Wales, United Kingdom
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