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Optometrist

On-site in Cardiff·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 Cardiff
No relocation package mentioned.

Benefits

33 days holiday
Per the ad, which doesn’t say whether bank holidays are on top.
Cycle to work scheme
Commuter benefits named in the ad.

Skills

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

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 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!

The role

As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you'll get to work with some world class technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT and automated phoropters to name a few.

How you'll work

Although the hours of this role are advertised, if this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether this is hours to fit around the school run or you prefer a compressed week - we are open to discussing flexible options with you further.

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Who is the perfect candidate?

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

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

We are Vision Express - with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, we have something for everyone. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store or in one of our coastal locations, we're sure we will have the perfect solution for you!

Did you know, we are also part of the EssilorLuxottica family? EssilorLuxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses! We are home to the most loved and widely-recognised vision care and eyewear brands in the world. Their priority eyewear brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 prestigious licensed brands.

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