Trainee Domiciliary Optical Assistant

If you are looking for an opportunity to be commnunity based, doing a job that helps the elderly and vulnerable with their sight care needs, then this cold be perfect for you. 

But, before you apply, we are looking for people that are a confident and competent driver, ideally with oodles of enthusiasm and energy as the role can be physical due to the nature of our home visits.  We do a fair amount of travel across the regions noted below, so some days you will be really local and others a bit further way, so please consider this.

Role: Trainee Domiciliary Optical Assistant
Areas covered are: Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Witney, Newington
Salary: up to £23k depending on experience

Hours: Monday to Friday: 37.5hrs per week

What is in this role for you?

Full training on domiciliary optics
Benefits: (Car Allowance) or Company Car, so you need to have a driving licence and be a confident driver
Company car, free insurance, maintenance (tyres/service etc.), mileage allowance. (or car allowance with mileage allowance)
20 days holiday plus 8 days bank holiday
Varied role where no two days are the same
Opportunity to enhance your existing skills in optics Working Monday to Friday and we do not work on bank holidays
Paid DBS (Disclosure Barring Service check/certificate)

Specsavers Perks, so this is discounts on supermarket/groceries purchases, entertainment, home, utility discounts and gym membership.
Mobile phone
Headspace app subscription Personal lone worker device & subscription.
Access to Diversity & Inclusion networks
Health & Mental Wellbeing support subscription WeCare (includes access for immediate family)
Up to £135 cover for general dental treatment
Up to £150 towards chiropody/podiatry, and many more cash benefits.
Free access to the personal service: Best Doctors (a service that provides online consultant support and access to Canada Life’s Second Medical Opinion)
Personal Specsavers Development Plan
Free glasses for individual
Free uniform
Opportunity to work with a friendly, successful team
continuous personalised training via a training portal (can be accessed anywhere 24/7)

A Little Bit About Specsavers Home Visits:

Specsavers home visits provide eye care to customers in their own homes. Our passion is to deliver outstanding customer care, expert eye care advice and product recommendations that best suit individual customer needs. Whether you are an Optical Assistant or Optometrist, our roles are highly rewarding with variation and flexibility providing a great work life balance. At Specsavers Home Visits you will be supported by a highly experienced professional team and have the opportunity for personal development and career progression. Our expectation is that you will share our vision to provide our patients with the very best professional service as well as exceptional customer care on every Home Visit.