Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Haslemere; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Optometrist, where you'll leverage advanced technology to enhance customer eyecare and eyewear solutions. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and a supportive work environment that fosters personal development and teamwork.

Benefits

Car allowance

Sales and performance bonuses

Competitive pension

Private medical cover

Life assurance (4x salary)

Free annual eyewear

Discounts for friends and family

Ongoing CPD and personal development

33 days annual leave

Flexible health benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills to explain terminology to patients.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with advanced optometry technology.
• Support customers with appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.
• Collaborate effectively with store colleagues.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Ability to work under pressure

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 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 locations from city centre flagship stores to coastal outlets. 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 recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions
• Excellent communication skills to translate professional terminology into understandable language for patients
• Teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with store colleagues
• Ability 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
• £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance bonuses, targeted incentives
• Competitive pension, private medical cover, life assurance (4x salary)
• Free annual eyewear, discounts for friends and family
• Involvement in the OneSight Foundation
• Employee assistance program, ongoing CPD, and personal development
• Overtime paid at 85% locum rate
• Access to advanced technology and great environments
• Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
• 33 days annual leave, with options to buy or sell holiday
• Flexible health benefits, lifestyle discounts, and more