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Mobile Optometrist

On-site in Belfast·Added 8 days ago (last checked 4 Oct)

Vision Express

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Overview

Job details

Permanent contract
Per the ad.

Requirements

Work on-site in Belfast
No relocation package mentioned.

Benefits

38 days holiday inc. bank holidays
Paid annual leave, per the ad.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

We've designed a reward package for a Mobile Optometrist that truly stands out, supporting your career, your lifestyle, and your future:

Company car (fully expensed): Including MOT, servicing, and mileage from base store
£1,000 mobile allowance: On top of your salary and bonus
Generous annual leave: 33 days rising to 38 days (including bank holidays)
Performance bonus: Up to £5,040 on target, with even greater earning potential
Private medical cover: For you and your family
Life assurance: 4x your salary
Flexible overtime: Access TG Pool with enhanced rates (80% of locum rate)
Share scheme: Helping you benefit from the business you help build
Competitive pension: Helping you build a secure future

It all adds up, real rewards, real support, real opportunity.

The role

Step into a role with real variety and real momentum. As a Mobile Optometrist, you'll work across a cluster of stores in Northern Ireland, expanding your clinical experience, building strong connections, and gaining exposure to a range of patient needs and environments.

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Grow your impact. Shape your clinical future.

The role

Salary: Up to £65,000 (subject to your experience and location)
Company car and £1,000 mobile allowance
Location: Northern Ireland, including Newry and Ballymena
Working hours: Minimum 3 days per week

Covering Northern Ireland, you'll support a cluster of stores within an hour of your home base, giving you flexibility to shape a schedule that works around you. Enjoy the variety of working across different store environments, while benefiting from the consistency of our clinical standards, strong team support, and development opportunities designed to help you grow your expertise and confidence.

Flexible working? Let's talk

We'd love to hear what works best for you. From your schedule to the stores you visit, we're open to shaping the role around you.

Who we're looking for

You'll be a great fit if you:

Are a qualified, GOC registered optometrist
Use your expertise to deliver clear diagnoses that build patient confidence
Enjoy being part of a team, sharing ideas and supporting colleagues
Contribute to store success, balancing clinical excellence with commercial awareness
Bring energy, passion, and a genuine commitment to making a difference to people's lives

About Vision Express

Vision Express is an optical retailer providing eyecare and eyewear, offering eye tests, prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses both online and through its store network. The company has grown from a single store in 1988 to over 590 stores in the UK, Ireland and Jersey.

Its product range spans designer and exclusive eyewear brands, contact lenses, AI glasses such as Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta, and Nuance Audio hearing glasses, alongside services including advanced eye tests, OCT 3D eye scans and contact lens appointments. The company also operates manufacturing and lab functions, with around 250 colleagues in its Tech Centre and over 200 in its Store Support Centre.

Industry: Optical retail
In the UK: Ruddington, Nottingham
Website: visionexpress.com

Good to know if you are moving

Early careers pathways include Apprenticeships, Pre-Registration Optometrist programmes and Clinical Learning in Practice (CLiP) placements.
Teams include Optometry, Stores, Manufacturing, Joint Venture Partner and Store Support Centre.

In their own words

About the company & team

Join a team where your clinical expertise is trusted, your development is genuinely supported, and you can move forward in your career with confidence. We'll aim to back your ambition, helping you deepen your expertise and unlock new opportunities in your clinical career. And wherever you are, you're never on your own, you'll have the full backing of the Vision Express team, with the stability, flexibility and support that helps you perform at your best every day.

With 590+ stores across the UK, Ireland, and Jersey, we're a leading optical retailer and an innovative med-tech business.

Backed by EssilorLuxottica, we're investing in you, your skills, your ambitions, and your future, so you can keep growing your impact with confidence.

*Total reward package of up to £11,000 depends on the options selected, role, location, and length of service. TG Pool shifts paid at 80% of the locum rate for the first shift each week. For full details, contact our recruitment team.

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