Optometrist

VISION EXPRESS; Wales; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading optical care provider in the UK seeks an experienced Optometrist to provide excellent eyecare solutions. You will utilize advanced technology and collaborate with a dynamic team. The role offers a competitive salary up to £73,000, a car allowance, and additional benefits including private medical coverage and annual leave. Flexible options can cater to your working week needs.

Benefits

£4,000 car allowance

Sales and performance-based bonus

Private medical cover

33 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in testing patients eyes and eyesight whilst providing recommendations.
• Ability to translate professional terminology for patients.
• Strong teamwork with store colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Test patients' eyes and provide appropriate eyecare recommendations.
• Build rapport with patients to explain eyecare solutions.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced retail environment.

Skills

Experience in testing patients eyes and eyesight

Great communication and rapport building

Teamwork with colleagues

Ability to work under pressure

Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm

Job description

Overview

Role overview

As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you\'ll get to 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 in our stores work with Automated refraction, non contact tonometry, automated keratometry, Fundus Camera, Visual Field Analyser, OCT and Automated Phoropters to name a few.

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

Who are we? We are Vision Express – with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store or in one of our coastal locations, we will have the perfect solution for you. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, a 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

• 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

Qualifications / What we\'re looking for

• 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

Anything else you should know

• Basic salary up to £73,000 (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 Assistance Program offering confidential support and advice on everything from financial to emotional support
• 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
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days, and Cycle to Work Scheme
• And so much more!