Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Optometrist, where your expertise will help enhance customers' lives through tailored eyecare solutions. You'll work with cutting-edge technology in a supportive environment that values flexibility and teamwork. With a competitive salary and numerous perks, including a car allowance and private medical cover, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to grow your career while making a meaningful impact. If you have a passion for optometry and a drive to excel, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Sales and Performance Bonus

Private Medical Cover

Free Annual Eyewear

Competitive Pension Scheme

33 Days Annual Leave

Flexible Health Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Ongoing CPD and Personal Development

Lifestyle Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Excellent communication to explain terminology to patients.

Responsibilities

• Maximise customers' lifestyles through eyecare and eyewear solutions.
• Work with advanced technology in a fast-paced retail environment.

Skills

Optometry

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Tools

Automated Refraction

Non-Contact Tonometry

Fundus Camera

Visual Field Analyser

OCT

Automated Phoropters

Job description

Role 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 will support our ambition to 'See More, Be More' by maximising our customers' lifestyles through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.

Although the advertised hours are standard, we are open to discussing flexible working options to suit your needs, whether that means hours to fit around the school run or a compressed week.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express, with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering a variety of working environments from city centre flagship stores to smaller village outlets and coastal locations. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, the global leader in lenses, frames, and sunglasses, home to brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing specialist recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions
• Excellent communication skills to translate professional terminology into understandable language for patients
• Teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with store colleagues
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
• Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm

Additional information

Basic salary up to £73,000 (dependent on experience and location), plus:

• £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance bonus
• Targeted incentives
• Competitive pension scheme
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Free annual eyewear from day one
• Involvement in the OneSight Foundation
• Discounts for friends and family
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing CPD and personal development
• Overtime paid at 85% of locum rate
• Access to advanced technology and great working environments
• Coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, plus holiday buy/sell options
• Flexible health benefits, including Health Cash Plan, additional life and critical illness cover, dental plans
• Participation in ECP community for knowledge sharing
• Lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, Dining Cards, Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and Cycle to Work
• And much more!