Why choose a career in Optometry?

Flexibility

A career in optometry offers professionals great flexibility over their schedules. Most professionals can choose to work on a flexible schedule based on their needs and preferences. There’s a whole range of benefits when it comes to flexible working, such as greater productivity, healthier work-life balance and better job satisfaction. The main benefit of working flexibly is you’ll have the chance to fit other commitments around your career, such as family and personal needs. Optometry also has a flexible career structure, which means it’s possible to combine roles and responsibilities, and move between sectors.

Make a positive impact

One of the greatest reasons for choosing an optometrist career is that it gives you the chance to make a real impact on the quality of people’s lives. As an Optometrist professional, you’ll be responsible for providing vital healthcare and you will be able to see the results and immediate satisfaction when a customer tries a new pair of glasses or contact lenses. Many factors affect eye health, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, and even poor contact lens hygiene. Working as an Optometrist means you’ll be able to alert patients about potentially life-threatening illnesses while using your knowledge to improve eye care health and vision.

Customer-facing

Due to the public nature of optometry, you’ll be interacting with and advising an array of different people. Whether you work as an Optometrist, Optical Assistant or Store Manager, you’ll be building relationships regularly with customers of all ages, as well as helping deliver a great customer experience through communication. This means you’ll be developing your interpersonal skills, professional judgement and the ability to collaborate with people from different backgrounds. Furthermore, as a result of having to deal with many customers, professionals will learn how to solve problems efficiently and diplomatically. Customer-facing career paths, like optometry, are always an excellent way to grow personally and you’ll have a large network of customers and colleagues.

Are you looking for new optometrist jobs?

Vision Express create opportunities for anyone with ambition and a strong work ethic. We offer the best training programs for development and we’re committed to helping our colleagues be successful in their optometrist careers. Your career in optometry matters. That’s why we’re here to give you everything you need to be the very best in your job. If you’re goal-oriented and interested in growth, Vision Express is the right employer for you. So, if you’re looking for a new role in optometry, apply for one of our optical vacancies today.