Optical Assistant

**Optical Assistant**

**Location: Teignmouth**

**Hours: Full time hours (40 hours) Includes weekend working.**

**Full time Hours would be split across the Teignmouth and Brixham store TQ5 8AA.**

**Starting salary £11.64 per hour, this is reviewed after a successful three months probation period.**

**Benefits: Extra day off on your birthday,Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits Enhanced sick pay,Enhanced pay for family leave (Maternity/ Paternity etc), WeCare employee support services.**

**All Training and support will be provided, Progression and opportunities provided in store.**

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:

- 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.