Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Optometrist at a leading company, you will leverage advanced technology to provide exceptional eyecare solutions. With a focus on customer satisfaction, you will enjoy a competitive salary and numerous benefits, including flexible working hours and ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Car allowance

Sales and performance bonuses

Comprehensive pension scheme

Private medical cover

Free annual eyewear

Ongoing CPD and personal development

33 days annual leave

Flexible health benefits

Lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with world-class technology including automated refraction and OCT.
• Maximise customers' lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Confidence

Passion

Drive

Enthusiasm

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' for our customers, maximising their lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions. We are open to flexible working hours to suit your needs, whether around school runs or a compressed week.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express, with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering a variety of locations from city centre flagship stores to coastal outlets. As part of the EssilorLuxottica group, we are connected to global brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions
• Excellent communication skills and rapport-building abilities
• Teamwork skills across store teams
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced 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 bonuses
• Targeted incentives
• Comprehensive pension scheme
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Free annual eyewear from day one
• Opportunities to participate in the OneSight Foundation
• Family and friends discounts
• 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 (GOC, ABDO)
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, plus buy/sell options
• Flexible health benefits including Cash Plan, additional life, critical illness, dental
• Participation in a company ECP community
• Lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, dining cards, travel insurance, experience days, Cycle to Work
• And much more!