Overview
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. We are open to discussing flexible options with you further, whether this is hours to fit around the school run or you prefer a compressed week.
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.
What we expect
* Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm.
About Vision Express
We are Vision Express, operating over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, part of the EssilorLuxottica family. We offer a range of eyewear brands including Ray‑Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples.
Who is the perfect candidate?
Basic salary up to £65,000 (subject to your experience and location). An additional £4,000 car allowance and sales/performance‑based bonus. Targeted incentives, competitive pension scheme, private medical cover, life assurance – 4× basic annual salary, free eyewear annually, opportunities with the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, discounts for friends and family, employee assistance program, ongoing CPD and personal development, additional overtime at 80% of locum rate, world‑leading technology, coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO, 33 days annual leave (increasing with length of service), flexible health benefits, ECP community, gym flex, dining cards, travel insurance, experience days, cycle to work scheme, and so much more!
Benefits
* Competitive salary up to £65,000.
* £4,000 car allowance.
* Sales and performance‑based bonus.
* Targeted incentives.
* Competitive pension scheme.
* Private medical cover for you and your family.
* Life assurance – 4× 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 covering confidential support.
* 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), plus opportunity to buy or sell holiday.
* Flexible health related benefits such as Health Cash plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover, 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 via Cycle to Work Scheme.
* And so much more!
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