Optical Assistant

**Experienced Optical Assistant**

**Rugeley Specsavers**
**Full time 37.5 hours a week**

**Regular weekends are required**

**From £11.64 an hour - more depending on experience**

**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**

**Free parking**

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.

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.

**INDR**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £11.64 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Rugeley: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Optical: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person