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With 536 stores across the UK, Boots Opticians' vision is to be the UK’s first choice optician, unrivalled in experience, choice and value by embracing the fusion of health and retail. We offer over 1000 Boots and Designer glasses, from Gucci to Ted Baker, and a Contact Lens Plan with unmatched rewards, alongside exceptional eyecare, Boots Opticians is dedicated to helping everyone to See What’s Possible. We’re all about enriching the lives of every person who walks through our door; including our team members. Bring your skills to a business that offers genuine career progression thanks to the diversity of practices and roles – and expect to be supported and developed from day one. Whether you want to start your career with Boots as a pre-reg Optometrist or you’re an experienced Optometrist looking for a company that fits with your values, we offer a range of fantastic opportunities for professional development. At Boots Opticians, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. Join our team and let’s see what’s possible.

We’re a leader in eye care, particularly in lens and laser eye surgery. In fact, we’re Europe’s No.1 laser eye surgery provider, with locations in 7 countries including Germany and Croatia. We’re the UK’s leading complete eye care provider too. Our 128 stores and clinics offer exceptional service and outstanding visual solutions, from designer glasses to high-quality contact lenses and from lens, cataract and laser eye surgery to LipiFlow dry eye treatment. We also understand that the people at the heart of our business make us what we are. Our culture is incredibly important. The values we work towards are Patient & Customer Focus One Team Delivering Results Trusted Excellence Across all areas of Optical Express we’re committed to helping our employees learn and develop to deliver service excellence. In the last few years we’ve made additional investment into transformational change. It’s had a hugely positive impact, on our patients’ experience and on our colleagues in their day-to-day roles. For optometrists, it’s an exciting time to be at Optical Express. No matter what stage of the career ladder you’re on, there’s no better place in which to develop clinically. We believe that our CET-approved professional development courses and clinical support systems are second to none. Our partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University offers our optometrists the opportunity to qualify as Independent Prescribers, fully funded by us. We also invest in continued training for team members across Optical Express, with a number of colleagues currently working towards qualifications in Marketing, Learning & Development and Personnel Practice. We believe that Optical Express has a responsibility to give back, and we want to make a difference on a worldwide scale, too. We continue to partner with international charity Sightsavers, working to eliminate avoidable blindness in developing countries, and support charities at home including The STV Appeal and Cash for Kids.

Disrupting the global eyewear industry, GlassesUSA.com is the fastest growing, leading online eyewear retailer. On a mission to change the way consumers purchase eyewear, we offer high-quality prescription eyewear at affordable prices. Established in 2008 as a subsidiary of Optimax Investments, GlassesUSA.com has been recognized by Internet Retailer as a category leader and as a “Top-500 E-Retailer” six years in a row, and has been recognized Best Online Shops 2021 by Newsweek. GlassesUSA.com houses a selection of over 9,000 frames by top designer brands including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Gucci, Armani, Muse, and more. Our state-of-the-art optical labs produce millions of the highest quality lenses for all our customer’s needs, from single vision to multifocals, progressives, sunglasses, sports, kids, blue light protection, smart audio glasses and more. We also carry an extensive variety of contact lens brands. Optimax was founded by Daniel Rothman (CEO), Eldad Rothman (COO) and Roy Yamner (CTO). Alongside its primary DTC operation, GlassesUSA.com, Optimax also owns and operates United Vision Plan (UVP), a B2B platform that is disrupting the traditional vision benefit market by providing innovative online vision benefit plans with substantial savings to both employers and participants. As well as partnering with major healthcare and vision providers to enable online access to benefits for their participants. To date, GlassesUSA.com has raised $95 million in fundings, with shareholders including Viola Growth and Tene Investment Fund.