Optometrist

Vision Express; Andover, Taunton, Yeovil, Basingstoke, Cirencester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Optometrist, where your expertise will enhance customer lifestyles through tailored eyecare solutions. You'll work with state-of-the-art technology in a dynamic retail environment, balancing fixed hours with flexible options to suit your needs. This role offers a competitive salary, generous bonuses, and a range of perks including private medical cover and ongoing professional development. If you're passionate about optometry and want to make a real difference, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

£4,000 car allowance

Sales and performance-based bonuses

Private medical cover

Life assurance (4x salary)

Free annual eyewear

33 days annual leave

Flexible health benefits

Ongoing CPD and personal development

Discounts for friends and family

Access to leading technology

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Ability to communicate complex terms in simple language.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert recommendations on eyecare and eyewear solutions.
• Work collaboratively across store departments.

Skills

Optometry

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Pressure Management

Tools

Automated Refraction

Non-Contact Tonometry

Automated Keratometry

Fundus Camera

Visual Field Analyser

OCT

Automated Phoropters

Job description

Role overview

As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you’ll work with state-of-the-art 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, enhancing their lifestyles through tailored eyecare and eyewear solutions. You will have the opportunity to work with advanced technology such as Automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, Fundus Camera, Visual Field Analyser, OCT, and Automated Phoropters.

Although the advertised hours are fixed, we are open to discussing flexible working options to suit your needs, whether that’s around school runs or a compressed week.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express, with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering diverse working environments from city centre flagship stores to small village outlets and coastal locations. As part of the EssilorLuxottica family, a global leader in lenses, frames, and sunglasses, we represent some of the most loved brands worldwide, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples, along with over 20 licensed brands.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Experience testing patients' eyes and providing expert recommendations on eyecare and eyewear solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate professional terminology into understandable language for patients.
• Strong teamwork skills across store departments.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm.

Additional information

The basic salary can go up to £75,000, depending on experience and location, complemented by:

• A £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance-based bonuses
• Targeted incentives
• Competitive pension scheme
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life assurance (4x your basic salary)
• Free annual eyewear from day one
• Opportunities to participate 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 leading technology and excellent working environments
• Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
• 33 days of annual leave, increasing with service, plus buy/sell options
• Flexible health benefits, including Health Cash Plan, additional life cover, critical illness, and dental plans
• Participation in ECP community for knowledge sharing
• Flexible lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, Dining Cards, discounted travel insurance, experience days, and bicycle schemes
• And much more!