Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

VISION EXPRESS seeks a dedicated Optometrist to utilize advanced technology while providing personalized eyecare solutions. You will enhance customers' lifestyles by offering expert recommendations based on your passion for optometry. We offer a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and a range of benefits, including health coverage and performance bonuses, in a supportive retail environment.

Benefits

Car allowance

Performance-based bonuses

Private medical cover

Professional development opportunities

Employee assistance and discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing specialist recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build rapport with patients.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Utilize advanced technology to provide tailored eyecare solutions.
• Support the mission to enhance customers' lifestyles through eyecare.
• Work in diverse environments and collaborate with colleagues across the store.

Skills

Communication Skills

Team Player

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Confidence

Passion for Optometry

Job description

Role overview

As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you'll work with advanced 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 mission to 'See More, Be More' by providing tailored eyecare and eyewear solutions to enhance our customers' lifestyles. We offer flexible working hours to accommodate your needs, whether you prefer part-time, full-time, or compressed schedules.

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 coastal locations. As part of the EssilorLuxottica group, we are connected to leading brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples, along with over 20 licensed brands.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing specialist recommendations on eyecare and eyewear solutions
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build rapport with patients
• Team player with colleagues across the store
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
• Confidence, passion, and enthusiasm

Additional information

• Basic salary up to £78,000, depending on experience and location
• £4,000 car allowance
• Performance-based bonuses and incentives
• Competitive pension, private medical cover, life assurance (4x salary)
• Free annual eyewear, professional development, and ongoing CPD opportunities
• Overtime paid at 85% locum rate
• Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
• 33 days holiday plus buy/sell options
• Health benefits, employee assistance, discounts, and more