Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Optometrist, where you'll leverage advanced technology to provide exceptional eyecare solutions. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and numerous benefits while contributing to a passionate team dedicated to enhancing customer lifestyles.

Benefits

Car allowance

Sales and performance-based bonus

Competitive pension scheme

Private medical cover

Annual free eyewear

Ongoing CPD opportunities

Flexible health benefits

33 days annual leave

Flexible lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyes and providing recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills to explain terminology.

Responsibilities

• Maximise customers' lifestyles through eyecare and eyewear solutions.
• Work with world-class technology in a retail environment.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Confidence

Passion

Ability to work under pressure

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' by maximising our customers' lifestyles through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions. We offer flexible working hours to fit your needs, whether around the school run, a compressed week, or other arrangements—discussed further during the application process.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, offering opportunities in city centre flagship stores, smaller village locations, or coastal areas. As part of the EssilorLuxottica family, a global leader in lenses, frames, and sunglasses, we are 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 specialist 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 £73,000, depending on experience and location
• £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance-based bonus
• Targeted incentives
• Competitive pension scheme
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Annual free eyewear from day one
• Involvement in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
• Discounts for friends and family
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
• Overtime paid at 85% of the locum rate
• Access to leading technology and excellent working environments
• Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, with buy/sell options
• Flexible health benefits including Health Cash Plan, Life Cover, Critical Illness, Dental
• Opportunities to join a company-wide ECP community for knowledge sharing
• Flexible lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, Dining Cards, Travel Insurance, Experience Days, Cycle to Work Scheme
• And much more!