At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team while providing exceptional eye care and driving store success.
- Company: Join Vision Express, a leading optical retailer backed by EssilorLuxottica.
- Benefits: Earn up to £65,000 plus bonuses, private medical cover, and 33-38 days annual leave.
- Other info: Flexible working options available to suit your lifestyle.
- Why this job: Combine your passion for optometry with leadership and business growth opportunities.
- Qualifications: Must be a qualified, GOC registered optometrist with a team-oriented mindset.
The predicted salary is between 65000 - 65000 £ per year.
Take your career beyond the test room. Our optometrist store manager role gives you the chance to combine your clinical expertise with the opportunity to develop your business and commercial skills. You’ll continue doing what you love as an optometrist while building leadership capabilities and driving the commercial success of your store. This role gives you the freedom to broaden your business expertise, take ownership of performance, and directly influence the success of your store. With access to EssilorLuxottica's leadership development programmes, the support of a global brand, and additional rewards linked to your store's performance, this is a career move that empowers you to lead, grow, and make a real difference.
The Role
- Salary: Up to £65,000 (subject to your experience and location)
- Retention bonus: £10,000 after 18 months & £15,000 after 36 months
- Responsibility allowance: £5,000
- Car allowance: £4,000
- Location: Vision Express Fornby, 4 Halsall Ln, Formby, Liverpool L37 3NW
- Working hours: Full time
Our Fornby store has two test rooms, which are fully equipped with OCT, phoropter and fundus camera. Set in the backdrop of beautiful Fornby, this store has a well-established team who support their local community with care.
What you’ll get
- 33 days’ annual leave: Your time outside the test room matters. That’s why your annual leave grows with you, rising to 38 days inc. bank holidays.
- Sales and performance-based bonus: Our bonus scheme rewards your performance, with an on-target bonus of up to £5,040 with the potential for higher rewards when your store achieves beyond expectations.
- Private medical cover for you and your family: We go the extra mile when it comes to your health. With private medical cover, not just for you, but for your family too.
- Life assurance: With life assurance worth four times your salary, you can enjoy peace of mind knowing your loved ones are protected, whatever happens.
- Overtime opportunities: Exclusive to Vision Express, the TG Pool is our network that gives optometrists flexibility to pick up shifts paid at 80% of the locum rate.
- Share in our success: We periodically offer colleagues the opportunity to participate in share purchase plans, providing an attractive way to share in EssilorLuxottica’s long-term growth and success.
- A pension that plans for your future: Our competitive pension scheme helps you build a secure future, so you can focus on what matters most today.
Flexible working? Let’s talk. If this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether that’s alternate days or a compressed week, we are open to discussing flexible options.
Who we’re looking for
- Are a qualified, GOC registered optometrist
- Use your clinical expertise to deliver a clear diagnosis that builds patient confidence
- Enjoy being part of a team – sharing ideas, supporting colleagues, and working together
- Contribute to the commercial success of the store – focusing on performance, growth, and delivering an outstanding customer experience
- Bring confidence, passion, and genuine enthusiasm for making a difference to people’s lives
Why Vision Express?
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.
Optometrist Store Manager in Liverpool employer: Vision Express
Vision Express is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and professional growth of its employees. With a strong emphasis on teamwork and patient care, optometrists at our Wrexham store enjoy generous benefits such as free parking, 33 days of annual leave, and private medical cover, all within a supportive work culture that fosters development and job satisfaction.
