Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Crawley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Optometrist, utilizing advanced technology to provide exceptional eyecare solutions. With a competitive salary and various perks, you will thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment, contributing to customer satisfaction and personal growth.

Benefits

£4,000 car allowance

Sales and performance-based bonus

Private medical cover for you and your family

Free eyewear annually

33 days annual leave

Flexible health benefits

Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with advanced technology for eyecare solutions.
• Maximise lifestyle through appropriate eyewear solutions.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

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. 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.

We are open to discussing flexible working options to fit your ideal working week, whether that means hours to accommodate 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 coastal locations. As part of the EssilorLuxottica family, we are connected to a 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 for eyecare or eyewear solutions.
• Excellent communication skills to translate professional terminology into understandable language for patients.
• Ability to work collaboratively with store team colleagues.
• Capability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm.

Additional information

Basic salary up to £79,000 (dependent on experience and location), plus:

• £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance-based bonus
• Targeted incentives
• Competitive pension scheme
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Free eyewear annually from day one
• Participation in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
• Discounts for friends and family
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
• Overtime paid at 85% of locum rate
• Access to leading technology and excellent working environments
• Coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, with holiday buy/sell options
• Flexible health benefits including Health Cash Plan, additional Life Cover, Critical Illness Cover, and Dental Plan
• Opportunities for peer knowledge sharing through the ECP community
• Flexible lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, Dining Cards, Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and Cycle to Work Scheme
• And much more!