Optical Assistant

Location

Dudley, West Midlands | United Kingdom

Job description

Experienced Optical Assistant

Store: Specsavers Dudley

Salary: up to £23,000 OTE

Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours (Weekend work is essential)

Benefits: Bonus, Staff, Friends & Family discounts, Specsavers Perks & WeCare package – including discount vouchers for online retailer, second medical opinions through GP’s or online therapy, fitness programmes and health living tips.

Previous Optical experience is essential for this role – Great progression and career opportunities – potential to train through managerial ILM courses & pathway, with Bonus benefits.

Come and join the Dudley Specsavers world concept store. The state-of-the-art store has all new equipment and is cutting edge in its design and customer/colleague facilities. Are you ready to join a super high performing business which is centred around colleague excellence and developing our teams to be the best and further their careers? All combined with regular social events, nights out and incentives.

Join our team as an Optical Assistant, and you’ll discover why at Specsavers, we pride ourselves on providing the foundation for exciting, long-term careers – a home where your previous optical expertise will be truly valued and where you’ll be given the opportunity to thrive. 

Optical Assistant roles at Specsavers are now even more rewarding. Join us and complete a nationally recognised qualification equivalent to a Level 3 BTEC to accelerate your optical career.  The course improves knowledge and understanding of dispensing procedures and provides a stepping stone to the roles of DO, CLO and beyond! 

We’re looking for someone who has previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant – however we’ll continue to help develop and expand your knowledge.

Some of the key tasks required include:

• Listening to patients, and giving good clear advice, explaining suitable products & offers whilst understanding NHS procedures & applying our own high standards
• Dispensing of lenses (single vision / bi-focal & varifocal)
• Carrying out pre-screening examinations & working alongside the wider team in day to day running of clinics
• Take measurements and support patients with collections, ensuring fit, comfort & accuracy of frames are checked thoroughly
• Maintain delivery of excellent customer service at all times, playing a valuable part of a customer journey & successful retail team.

You’ve already demonstrated that you’re a natural when it comes to customer care, you’re articulate, good with people with an organised approach and always happy to help, so you’ll fit right in as a valuable member of our friendly store team, joining a business that’s going places.

If you are interested, please click  Apply  as this vacancy will close once we have filled all available places.

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Salary

£23k per annum