Trainee Optical Assistant

7 months ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Specsavers Full time

**Trainee Optical Assistant**

**Location: Weston Favell**

**Salary: Upto £11.64 per hour**

**Working hours: 40 hours per week to include 1 weekend day**

**In store bonuses**

**Further opportunities for progression and personal development**

**Additional salary increases on completion of further training**

**Birthday Day Off**

**Benefits: Specsavers Perks, WeCare/LifeWorks, Headspace, Eye and Ear care discounts, birthday leave, enhanced family leave and company sick pay for eligible colleagues**

**Team social events**

**Small Tight Knit Team**

**Free Parking**

**Shopping Centre Discounts**

Are you passionate about retail and offering the best customer experience?

Our advisor roles at Specsavers are not your ordinary retail positions - you will join the team as an Optical Assistant bringing your valued retail experience & customer service knowledge to meet the caring values and optical expertise of our brand, making sure every patient receives the best experience in our stores.

We are looking for someone with a strong background of providing a pro-active and first-class customer experience, a real desire when it comes to customer care & the ability to communicate politely & professionally with all customers and colleagues.

You’ll be responsible for assisting patients and ensuring the best customer journey throughout:

- Dealing with enquiries both face to face and over the telephone
- Providing support with booking appointments
- Offering a warm welcome from the moment they walk through the door - Listening to their requirements & assisting with frame style advice
- Helping to guide them through our offers & products to ensure the right choice for them
- Processing customer collections and ensuring fit & comfort are checked accurately

As a business that prides itself on providing supported development & exciting long-term careers, previous Optical experience is not essential - you’ll receive all the training needed and we will support you to develop your knowledge of the optical world, such as:
Pre-screening patients, measuring frames, dispensing single vision, bifocal & varifocal lenses, whilst working towards NHS procedures and our own high standards.

L1-MW1

INDR

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

**Salary**: £8.80-£11.64 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus

Work Location: In person



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