Optometrist

Experienced optician or optometrist at the start of your career, could your next workplace be Silmäasema in Kokkola? We are looking for an optician for a permanent position in Kokkola. You can look forward to varied duties, a great team spirit and knowledgeable colleagues. You will be able to use your strengths, deepen your expertise and develop as a professional. As an optician at Silmäasema in Kokkola Our optician is continuing their Silmäasema career in another area, so a position is opening in Kokkola for a new colleague. You will join the multidisciplinary team serving Kokkola Prisma, Tehtaankatu and Kaustinen. The team includes opticians, optical sales staff, ophthalmologists, an assistant store manager and store manager Kati. There is a broad range of expertise and support from several opticians, making it easy to join us even at the beginning of your career. Our optician Sini, who is moving on to new challenges, sends her greetings to her future colleague: “I have really enjoyed working as an optician in Kokkola. We have a lovely team that helps one another, and everyday work runs smoothly. It has genuinely been nice to come to work. I will especially miss my colleagues, which perhaps says best what kind of team an optician finds here.” About the role: - The employment is permanent. Working hours are 30–37.5 hours per week, or we can agree on the number of hours according to your wishes. - We hope you can start by the turn of December and January at the latest. - You will mainly work at the Kokkola Prisma store. - Shifts fall between 9:00 and 18:00 on weekdays and 10:00 and 16:00 on Saturdays. Moving to Kokkola for work? We offer you a €2,000 relocation payment if the position brings you here from another locality. What will your working day involve? At the Kokkola Prisma store, you will have the opportunity to do varied optician work and use your expertise according to your strengths and interests. If you are looking for something new in your current role, you can find that here. Alongside eye examinations and other familiar optician duties, you can hold joint appointments with our ophthalmologists and, if you wish, broaden your expertise to include pre-operative examinations for eye surgery. Depending on your expertise and interests, your working day may include: - Eye examinations and contact lens fittings - Joint appointments with ophthalmologists - OCT imaging - Myopia treatment - Special occupational eyewear examinations - Pre-operative examinations for eye surgery What we promise you It matters to us that you enjoy your work, develop professionally and feel well in your free time too. That is why we offer, among other things: - A monthly salary of €3,500–€4,000 for a 37.5-hour working week, depending on your expertise and experience. - An incentive-based compensation model: a clear team-specific monthly target bonus model where success is recognised, as well as the possibility of annual personal pay increases and bonuses. - Comprehensive staff benefits: up to €600 in recreation funds, which you can use for activities such as sports, culture or commuting in the way that suits you. - Varied learning opportunities: after comprehensive onboarding, you can develop your expertise through Silmäasema Academy courses, monthly training and coaching days. - Coaching-oriented management: you will have a manager who supports you in everyday work, gives feedback and helps you succeed. According to our staff survey, management is one of the best things about Silmäasema year after year. - Opportunities to develop in the future: you can deepen your expertise in different specialist roles or progress in your career, for example, to an administration specialist or manager. What we hope our future colleague will bring You listen to customers and want to find suitable solutions for them. You are enthusiastic about shared goals and developing your own expertise. You take initiative, accept responsibility and enjoy working with others. Working days can also be fast-paced, so we value the ability to handle changing situations smoothly. We also hope that: - You are a licensed optician or an optometry student nearing graduation. - You are interested in eye health and sales and want to offer customers the best solutions, from glasses to eye surgery. - You serve customers fluently in Finnish. Swedish is not required, but we hope you are comfortable meeting Swedish-speaking customers. - Authorization to use diagnostic medicines and occupational vision competence are considered advantages. Interested? Great, let us know! Leave your contact details on the application form and we will be in touch. We will fill the position as soon as a suitable person is found, so please apply soon! Would you like more information? Feel free to contact us: - Store manager Kati Nikula can tell you more about the role and the Kokkola team: kati.nikula@silmaasema.fi / 050 585 3330. Kati is easiest to reach on weekdays from 9:00 to 16:00. - Would you like to hear what working in Kokkola is like from an optician’s perspective? Ask our optician Sini Haapakoski directly: sini.haapakoski@silmaasema.fi. Silmäasema Silmäasema is Finland’s largest vision care and eye health provider. We see the bigger picture in both the care and treatment of our customers and the eye health of Finns. More than 1,700 vision and eye health professionals at Silmäasema serve nearly one million customers every year. In Finland, Silmäasema has around 160 optical stores and ophthalmology centres, 18 private eye hospitals and five units providing public eye health services around the country. Silmäasema’s revenue in 2025 was €267 million. In Estonia, Silmäasema has 10 optical retail locations under the Eagle Vision brand. [www.silmaasema.fi](http://www.silmaasema.fi)