Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Vision Express as an Optometrist where you'll leverage advanced technology to enhance patient eyecare. This role offers flexible working hours, competitive salary up to £78,000, and comprehensive benefits including a £4,000 car allowance, professional development, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Competitive pension

Private medical cover

Life assurance (4x salary)

Free annual eyewear

Ongoing CPD and personal development

33 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Ability to build rapport with customers.

Responsibilities

• Utilize advanced optical technology to examine patients.
• Maximize lifestyle solutions through eyecare and eyewear.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Ability to work under pressure

Confidence

Passion for optometry

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 offer flexible working hours to suit your needs, whether 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 store locations from city centres to coastal areas. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, a global leader in lenses, frames, and sunglasses, home to brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, and Vogue Eyewear.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing specialist recommendations
• Excellent communication skills and rapport building
• Teamwork across store teams
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
• Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm

Additional information:

• Basic salary up to £78,000 (dependent on experience and location)
• £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance-based bonus, targeted incentives
• Competitive pension, private medical cover, life assurance (4x salary)
• Free annual eyewear, professional fee coverage, ongoing CPD, and personal development
• Flexible benefits including health plans, discounts, and lifestyle perks
• 33 days annual leave plus options to buy or sell holiday