Optometrist - Part-time 24h - Cambridge

Jimmy Fairly; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary depending on experience

Latest clinical technology

Welcome pair of Jimmy spectacles

Employee discount

Pension contribution

Private healthcare

Travel expenses

Job summary

Jimmy Fairly in the United Kingdom is seeking an optometrist to deliver excellent eye examinations and act as a brand ambassador within a lively store environment.

You will work closely with the Store Manager, educate patients, obtain prescriptions and guide the retail team in optical knowledge while maintaining outstanding patient care.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified to practice as optometrist.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment and grow in a self-starter setting.
• Ability to make patients at ease and provide thorough health checks.
• Build excellent patient rapport to encourage return visits and referrals.
• Highly motivated, adaptable and a true team player.
• Strong organisational, communication, customer service and problem-solving skills.
• Availability to work 3 days per week (Tuesday, Friday and Saturday).
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Delivering an outstanding optometrist experience following the clinic procedures.
• Understanding patients’ needs and ensuring high-quality eye examinations.
• Ensuring technical excellence and quality of patient care.
• Obtaining spectacle prescriptions and recommending lens options based on patient needs.
• Educating patients about eye health and prescriptions.
• Advising on varifocal use and care of Jimmy Fairly spectacles.
• Complying with data protection regulations.

Skills

Fluent English

Patient care

Communication

Team player

Problem solving

Job description

Boring? Expensive? Dull? Jimmy Fairly was born, not with a want but a need to revolutionise the optical industry. Founded in 2010 by Antonin Chartier, a 23-year old psychology student with a passion for entrepreneurship. Chartier’s concept was simple: quality glasses, fair prices and a positive social impact.

Over a decade later, little has changed. Now with over 100 stores across Europe and UK, Jimmy Fairly is successfully bringing back great style and a smile to the optical world. Great style by dropping on-trend designs every 6 weeks, with a short-circuit manufacturing process that does not compromise on quality or our planet. A smile with a customer-centric approach, from the moment a customer enters a Jimmy store, to having their eyes tested by our expert optometrists and seeking help from our exceptional after-care team.

Better everyday!

Since day one, we have partnered with Restoring Vision, the international charity committed to ending the global vision crisis. Find out more at www.jimmyfairly.co.uk and on Instagram @jimmyfairly.

We are looking for new talents to be part of this amazing adventure. Are you ready to join a bouncy, cohesive and passionate team to challenge the status quo?

The Role

All of our stores are designed to be more than just a sterile optician, but an intimate, beautiful and cosy place to spend time and ensure an amazing customer experience. Everything is done to create a true lifestyle experience, encouraging customers to visit our stores to catch up with friends, relax and grab a coffee, whilst shopping for their next pair of glasses!

As an Optometrist, your role is crucial in building this great customer experience as the customer journey starts in your exam room. You will be a key brand ambassador and will work hand-in-hand with our Store Manager, providing our retail team optical guidance & knowledge.

Your mission

Inside the eye test room

• Delivering an outstanding optometrist experience following the ‘Optometrist Ceremony’.
• Understanding patients needs and ensuring the highest quality eye examinations to achieve the optimal outcome for patients.
• Guaranteeing technical excellence & the quality of patient care.
• Accurately obtaining spectacle prescriptions and recommending the best spectacle lens treatments depending on the patient’s visual needs, usage and environment.
• Educating patients about their eye health and their prescription.
• Giving advise and guidance to varifocal users and explaining on how to take care of their Jimmy Fairly Specs.
• Obliging to general data protection regulations.

Outside the eye test room

• In charge of the ongoing optics training of the store team.
• Actively supporting the team on the shop floor with customers and promoting eye test bookings.
• Checking spectacle orders and assisting with collections.

Your profile

• Fully qualified to practice in the respective area of the position.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment, to grow and manage a in a self-starter environment with endless potential.
• Ability to make patients at ease knowing they are receiving the best quality eye examination, with thorough health checks.
• Being able to build an excelled patient rapport to encourage them to return back to Jimmy Fairly for future examinations, as well as recommending to friends and family.
• Highly motivated and able to adapt to changing environments, whist maintaining exceptional patient care.
• Being a true team player.
• Strong organisational, communication, customer service, and problem-solving skills.
• Availability to work 3days/week (Tuesday, Friday and Saturday)
• Fluent in written and oral English.

What’s on Offer?

• A competitive salary, depending on experience
• Access to the latest clinical technology
• Welcome pair of Jimmy spectacles on your first week
• Great employee discount
• Pension contribution
• Private healthcare
• Part travel expenses paid

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.