Optometrist

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 supports our ambition to ‘See More, Be More’ for our customers, maximizing their lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions. In our stores, you will work with world-class technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT and automated phoropters.

We are flexible on hours. If this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether hours fit around the school run or you prefer a compressed week, we are open to discussing flexible options with you further.

We are Vision Express with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store or in coastal locations, we will have the perfect solution for you. We are part of the Essilor Luxottica family, the global leader in design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses.

Our priority eyewear brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 prestigious licensed brands.

• 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
• Teamwork with colleagues across the whole store
• The ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment
• Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm

• Basic salary up to £69,000 (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 One Sight Essilor Luxottica 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 Scheme
• And more