Optical Assistant

4 months ago

Chippenham, United Kingdom Specsavers Full time

**Experienced Optical Assistant**

**Location: Chippenham**

**Salary: £24,000 per annum**

**Working hours: Full Time 40 hours weekend work is essential**

**Additional benefits : Instore discount, enhanced leave and health and wellbeing scheme**

**Train Station and Bus Stops nearby**

**Experience level: Previous Optical experience is essential for this role**

**Progression opportunities available - DO course**

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)
- 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.
- This role will also partly be based in the Lab

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**

**Salary**: From £24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

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