Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 73,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Optometrist at a leading optical retailer, you will leverage advanced technology to provide excellent eyecare solutions, ensuring customers receive the best possible service. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and a range of benefits including bonuses and career development opportunities.

Benefits

£4,000 car allowance

Sales and performance bonuses

Competitive pension scheme

Private medical cover

Life assurance (4x salary)

Free annual eyewear

Discounts for friends and family

33 days annual leave plus buy/sell options

Flexible health benefits

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Experience testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills to translate terminology.
• Ability to work collaboratively in store teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with world-class technology including automated refraction and visual field analyzers.
• Maximize customer lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Ability to work under pressure

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. We offer flexible working options to fit your ideal schedule, whether that's around the school run, a compressed week, or other arrangements.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express, with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering a range of locations 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, including brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Experience testing patients' eyes and providing specialist recommendations on eyecare or eyewear solutions
• Excellent communication skills to translate professional terminology into understandable language
• Teamwork and 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 £73,000, depending on experience and location
• £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance bonuses, targeted incentives
• Competitive pension scheme, 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, professional fee coverage
• 33 days annual leave plus buy/sell options, flexible health benefits, lifestyle benefits
• Opportunities for overtime, peer knowledge sharing, and career development