Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Optometrist at a leading company, you will leverage advanced technology to enhance customer eyecare and eyewear solutions. The role offers flexible hours and a competitive salary package, including bonuses and various benefits.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Sales and Performance-Based Bonus

Private Medical Cover

Free Annual Eyewear

33 Days Annual Leave

Flexible Health Benefits

Gymflex

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Work with world-class technology including automated refraction and OCT.
• Maximise customers' lifestyle through appropriate eyecare and eyewear solutions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Pressure Handling

Passion

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 various working environments from city centre flagship stores to coastal locations. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, 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 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
• The 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), plus:

• £4,000 car allowance
• Sales and performance-based bonus
• Targeted incentives
• Competitive pension scheme
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Free annual eyewear
• Opportunities with the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
• Discounts for friends and family
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing CPD and personal development
• Overtime paid at 85% of locum rate
• Access to leading technology and great working environments
• Coverage of professional fees (GOC, ABDO)
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, plus buy/sell options
• Flexible health benefits, including Health Cash Plan, Life Cover, Critical Illness, Dental
• Opportunities to join a professional community and share knowledge
• Lifestyle benefits like Gymflex, Dining Cards, Travel Insurance, Experience Days, Cycle to Work
• And much more!