Optical Assistant

**Optical Assistant**

**Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire**

**Hours: Full Time - 40 hours (weekend working is included)**

**Salary: Up to £25k, depending on Optical experience and qualification**

**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**

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.

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

Pay: Up to £25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lancashire, L39 3AE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Please confirm your postcode

**Experience**:

- optical: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person