Optometrist

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, helping them maximise their lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.

Although the hours of this role are advertised, if this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether this is hours to fit around school or you prefer a compressed week – we are open to discussing flexible options.

Candidate Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Sales and performance‑based bonus
• Targeted incentives
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life assurance – 4× 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 on everything from financial support to emotional 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 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 and collaboration through our internal channels
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and discounted bicycles through our Cycle‑to‑Work Scheme

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