Optometrist

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

Job summary

Join a leading optical retailer as an Optometrist, where you'll utilize advanced technology to provide exceptional eyecare and eyewear solutions. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and numerous benefits including a car allowance and ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Car allowance

Performance-based bonus

Private medical cover

Annual free eyewear

Flexible health benefits

33 days annual leave

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Work with cutting-edge technology for eye testing.
• Enhance customer lifestyles through tailored eyecare solutions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Confidence

Drive

Enthusiasm

Job description

Role overview

As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you'll work with cutting-edge technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT, and automated phoropters.

Your passion for optometry supports our ambition to 'See More, Be More' for our customers, enhancing their lifestyles through tailored eyecare and eyewear solutions. We are open to flexible working hours to fit your needs, whether around school runs or a compressed week.

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, the global leader in lenses, frames, and sunglasses, we are home to renowned 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 on eyecare and eyewear solutions
• Excellent communication skills to explain professional terminology in understandable language
• Teamwork skills for collaboration 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 £79,000, depending on experience and location
• £4,000 car allowance
• Performance-based bonus and incentives
• Competitive pension, private medical cover, and life assurance
• Annual free eyewear from day one
• Opportunity to participate in the OneSight Foundation
• Discounts for friends and family
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing CPD and personal development
• Overtime paid at 85% locum rate
• Access to advanced technology and great working environments
• Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, plus holiday buy/sell options
• Flexible health benefits and lifestyle perks
• Opportunities for peer knowledge sharing and community involvement
• More benefits to support your work-life balance