Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eyewear retail company in Portsmouth is seeking an Optometrist to test patients' eyes and provide specialist eyewear solutions. The role involves excellent communication, teamwork, and the ability to work under pressure. The ideal candidate will have experience in eye care and a passion for enhancing customers' lifestyles. Competitive benefits include a salary up to £79,000, car allowance, and private medical cover.

Benefits

Additional £4,000 car allowance

Sales and performance-based bonus

Private medical cover

Life assurance - 4x basic salary

33 days annual leave

Flexible health related benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients' eyesight and providing specialized recommendations.
• Excellent communication to explain terminology to patients.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration with store staff.
• Ability to manage pressure in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Confidence and enthusiasm in a customer-focused role.

Responsibilities

• Test patients’ eyes and provide specialized eyewear solutions.
• Translate professional terminology into understandable language.
• Collaborate with team to deliver excellent customer service.
• Handle pressure and address challenging situations calmly.
• Demonstrate communication and relationship-building skills.

Skills

Experience in testing patients’ eyes

Great communication

Teamwork

Ability to work under pressure

Passion and 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. In our stores, you will work with technology including Automated refraction, non‑contact tonometry, automated keratometry, Fundus Camera, Visual Field Analyser, OCT and Automated Phoropters.

Although the hours of this role are advertised, we are open to discussing flexible options with you to fit around your ideal working week, including hours to suit the school run or a compressed week.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express — with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland. We offer opportunities in busy city centre flagship stores, smaller village stores, or coastal locations. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses. Our priority eyewear brands include Ray‑Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 licensed brands.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include testing patients’ eyes and providing specialist recommendations on appropriate eyecare or eyewear solutions. You will translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients, work with colleagues across the store team, and perform effectively in a fast‑paced retail environment.

In addition, you will:

• Demonstrate great communication and rapport building to ensure patient understanding
• Collaborate with the whole store team to deliver excellent customer service
• Work under pressure and handle challenging situations calmly
• Show confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients eyes and eyesight whilst providing specialist recommendations on appropriate eyecare or eyewear solutions
• Great communication and rapport building to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients
• Team work 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

Benefits and additional information

Basic salary up to £79,000 (subject to your experience and location)

• An additional £4,000 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 Assistant Program offering confidential support and advice on everything from financial support to emotional support and everything in-between
• Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
• Additional overtime opportunities paid at 85% of the locum rate
• Access to world leading technology and great working environments
• Coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO
• 33 days 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 with peer to peer knowledge sharing and collaborating through our internal channels
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and even discounted bicycles through our Cycle to Work Scheme
• And so much more!