Optical Assistant

Optical Assistant - Streatham Specsavers 
So, you’re a proactive people person ready to be the friendly face our stores need? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. So, if you’ve had previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant, this Optical Assistant role could be perfect for you.

As an Optical Assistant, you’ll use your passion for the Specsavers brand, products and services alongside your incredible customer service skills, to create an outstanding store environment for both our customers and our team.

What’s on Offer?

As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:

· Salary - Depending on Experience 

· Full time - 40 hours per week including weekends

· Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme

· Extra day off for your birthday

· WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline

· Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities

· Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits

· Enhanced sick pay (after a year or service)

· Enhanced pay for family leave (Maternity/Paternity etc)

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:
 

• Listening to patients, and giving good clear advice, explaining suitable products & offers whilst understanding NHS procedures & applying our own high standards
• 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.

Find out more

If you’re ready and raring to join our team and drive our practice forward, we can’t wait to hear from you. You just need to have some previous Optical Experience, be passionate, a great team worker and communicator, confident in using IT systems, and have an ability to adapt.

Got what we’re looking for? Head to our website to learn more about the role and apply today.