Contact Lens Optician

Position: Contact Lens Optician

Location: Mansfield

Salary: Up to £40,000 depending on your experience plus bonus scheme 
Working Hours:  Full Time
Experience Level: Must have previous experience working in an optician and must have a GOC number.

As a Contact Lens Optician, there’s nothing quite like the feeling of being part of the Specsavers team where you’ll be part of a family that works together to give every customer the best possible service. Your role in this is crucial. With one in three UK contact lens wearers coming to us for lenses and advice, we ensure that millions of people get the right lenses, at a price they can afford.

In this key role, you’ll work to the highest professional standards, providing a contact lens fitting and aftercare service that’s in a whole different league. You’ll work to boost sales, profit and customer loyalty – exceeding customers’ needs as well as business objectives. In effect, you’ll be our resident expert, sharing your knowledge with customers and staff alike, all while working alongside our dedicated professionals, using the latest equipment.

What’s on offer?

• Salary up to £40,000 depending on experience
• Full time hours 
• 33 days holiday
• Dual store working 
• Your birthday off 
• Sick Pay 
• Enhanced Family leave 
• Pension contribution
• Support with CPD
• Exceptional clinical and professional development opportunities
• Access to cutting-edge clinical technology, such as OCT 

The Role in a Nutshell:

• Carry out contact lens fitting and aftercare in accordance with Company procedures and professional guidelines
• Deal with general enquiries and advise customers on contact lenses
• Ensure that all customers have a clear understanding of the contact lens options for their prescription.  Advise customers on spectacle dispensing options, including current promotions
• Ensure that appointment times are efficiently managed and that customer waiting time is minimized
• Provide insertion / removal instruction to patients as required 

Then there’s you

As a qualified Contact Lens Optician, you’ll have what it takes to put customers at their ease. You’re also team-focused, with a passion for what you do – so you’re always up-to-date with the latest developments in the industry. With this approach plus our exciting career development options, you’ll stand every chance of going far.

Find out more

If you like the sound of this opportunity, get in touch, we’d love to tell you more about it. Contact Alicia Downing-Keat on 07707850953 or email alicia.downingkeat@specsavers.com.