Mobile Optometrist

Vision Express; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading optometry retailer in the UK seeks a Mobile Optometrist to provide specialist services across multiple stores. The role offers flexibility in hours, the chance to work with cutting-edge technology, and a competitive salary of up to £70,000. We're looking for someone with optometry experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Join us to make a difference in customer lifestyles through tailored eyecare solutions.

Benefits

Company car

GBP1,000 mobile allowance

Sales performance-based bonuses

Competitive pension scheme

Private medical cover

Free eyewear annually

Flexible health-related benefits

33 days annual leave

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and eyesight while providing specialist recommendations.
• Ability to translate professional terminology into understandable language for patients.
• Able to work collaboratively across store teams.
• Experience handling challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide optometry services across multiple stores.
• Maximise customer lifestyle through appropriate eyecare recommendations.
• Collaborate with store teams to ensure high-quality patient care.

Skills

Optometry experience

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Ability to handle pressure

Confidence and enthusiasm

Job description

Overview

As a Mobile Optometrist at Vision Express, you'll travel to multiple Vision Express stores in your area to provide your specialist expertise. 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 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.

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 the school run or you prefer a compressed week - we are open to discussing flexible options with you further.

Who we are: Vision Express – with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, we have something for everyone. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store or in one of our coastal locations, we're sure we will have the perfect solution for you. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, global leader in lenses, frames and sunglasses, with priority eyewear brands including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 licensed brands.

Responsibilities

• Provide optometry services across multiple stores, using specialist equipment and professional judgement.
• Maximise customer lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear recommendations.
• Collaborate with store teams to ensure high-quality patient care and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and eyesight while providing specialist recommendations on appropriate eyecare or eyewear solutions.
• Excellent communication and rapport-building to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients.
• Ability to work well in a team across the store.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm.

Benefits

• Basic salary up to GBP70,000 (subject to experience and location).
• Company car and GBP1,000 mobile 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 for confidential support.
• Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities; additional overtime paid at 80% of locum rate.
• Access to world-leading technology and great working environments; coverage of professional fees (GOC and ABDO).
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, with option to buy or sell holiday.
• Flexible health-related benefits (Health Cash Plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover, Dental Plan).
• Opportunities to join company-wide ECP community with peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.
• Flexible lifestyle benefits (Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, discounted bicycles via Cycle to Work).
• And more.