Optometrist

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as an Optometrist in a forward-thinking company dedicated to enhancing customers' lifestyles through exceptional eyecare. You'll leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver personalized solutions, ensuring every patient receives the best care. This role offers flexible working hours tailored to your needs, a competitive salary, and a range of perks including private medical cover and ongoing development opportunities. Embrace the chance to make a real difference in people's lives while enjoying a supportive and innovative work environment.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Sales and Performance-Based Bonus

Private Medical Cover

Life Assurance

Free Eyewear Annually

Ongoing CPD Opportunities

Flexible Health-Related Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Discounts for Friends and Family

Flexible Lifestyle Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients.

Responsibilities

• Testing patients' eyesight and providing eyewear solutions.
• Working collaboratively with the store team.

Skills

Optometry

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Pressure Handling

Education

Degree in Optometry

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 some world-class technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT, and automated phoropters to name a few.

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. In our stores, you will get to work with some of the latest technology including Automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, Fundus Camera, Visual Field Analyser, OCT, and Automated Phoropters.

Flexible working hours

Although the hours of this role are advertised, if this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether this is hours to fit around the school run or you prefer a compressed week - we are open to discussing flexible options with you further.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express - with over stores across the UK and Ireland, we have something for everyone. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store, or in one of our coastal locations, we're sure we will have the perfect solution for you!

Did you know, we are also part of the EssilorLuxottica family? EssilorLuxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of lenses, frames, and sunglasses! We are home to the most loved and widely-recognised vision care and eyewear brands in the world, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples, among others.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and eyesight whilst providing specialist recommendations on appropriate eyecare or eyewear solutions
• Great communication and rapport-building skills to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients
• Teamwork with colleagues across the whole store team
• The ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment
• Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm

Additional information

• Basic salary up to £[amount], (subject to your experience and location)
• An additional £4, car allowance
• Sales and performance-based bonus
• Targeted incentives
• Competitive pension scheme
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life assurance - 4x your basic annual salary
• Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one of joining us!
• Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
• Discounts for friends and family
• Employee Assistance Program offering confidential support and advice on everything from financial support to emotional support
• Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
• Additional overtime opportunities paid at % of the locum rate
• Access to world-leading technology and great working environments
• Coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO
• Days of annual leave - increasing with your length of service, plus the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
• Flexible health-related benefits, such as Health Cash plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover, and Dental Plan
• Opportunities to join a company-wide ECP community for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing
• Flexible lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and discounted bicycles through our Cycle to Work Scheme
• And so much more!