Contact Lens Optician

Position: Contact Lens Optician
Location: Folkestone, Kent  
Salary: Based on optics experience

Working Hours: Full time or part time considered
Experience Level: Will consider newly qualified or experienced professional.

Specsavers in Folkestone are looking for a forward-thinking Contact Lens Optician. We recognise that our people are the key to our success. That’s why, at Specsavers in Folkestone, we do everything we can to ensure our team get the best from us too – from market-leading training, access to cutting-edge technology and a personal development plan built around you. Become our next Contact Lens Optician at Specsavers in Folkestone – a highly successful store with a great reputation for staff progression and unparalleled support.

What’s on Offer?

• A competitive annual salary based on optics experience
• A strong performance-based bonus scheme
• Private health and dental cover
• Pension contribution
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Support with CPD points
• WeCare- WeCare looks after your wellbeing with a 24/7 UK-based online GP, mental health counselling, a get fit programme, legal and financial guidance, plus much more. Using your phone, tablet or desktop, you and your family have 24/7 access to thousands of experts, all from the comfort of your own home.
• Annual subscription to the “Headspace” app
• Access to the latest clinical technology such as OCT

We are passionate about the clinical development of our team, and as our new Contact Lens Optician, we would support you with extra courses and specialisms that interest you. Whatever your ambitions, from MECs qualifications and accreditations.  Even if you’re keen to do the Optometry conversion course – we’ll do everything we can to help you be the best clinician you can be. 

Our store is an accredited Platinum Employer – this means you can expect an exceptional employee experience every single day you work here. The Platinum Employer Scheme is part of the Specsavers drive to become a famous place to work. Stores with this accreditation have been verified on five key employer standards: Recruitment, Performance Management and Reward, Talent Management, Learning and Development and Employee Engagement.

What we’re looking for

Alongside being a qualified and GOC registered Contact Lens Optician, we are searching for someone who shares our store’s ethos. Someone who wants to grow, develop and offer exceptional customer care along the way. We want a practitioner who prides themselves on their clinical judgment, that isn’t afraid of a hands-on approach and who is keen to get involved and build rapport with the rest of the team. In summary, we’re looking for a skilled resident Contact Lens Optician to join us, be part of the team and assist in driving our practice forward.

Find out more

For more information or to apply, please contact Luke Taylor at Specsavers Recruitment Service on 07375968147 or email: luke.taylor1@specsavers.com