Optical Assistant

Optical Assistant

Location: Durham

Working hours: Full Time - 37.5 hours - weekend working is essential (Part time hours would be considered)

Perks: Specsavers perks, monthly bonus after probation, extra day off on your birthday, discounted hearcare and eyecare benefits, enhanced sick pay, enhanced pay for family leave and WeCare employee support services
Experience level: Must have current optical experience

Join our team as an Optical Assistant, and youll 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 youll be given the opportunity to thrive. With a business thats constantly expanding, both in the UK and abroad, the opportunities to expand your knowledge base and develop a career have never looked better.

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!

As an Optical Assistant, youll make sure every customer gets a great experience when they come into our store. It means listening to what they want, explaining our offers and products, and dispensing single vision, bifocal and varifocallenses. Youll work to NHS guidelines (as well as our own high standards), give good, clear advice and make a positive impression, thanks to your polite and professional approach.

To secure this role you will need previous experience as either an optical assistant or dispensing assistant and have a real passion for providing fantastic customer care.

Well continue to develop and expand your knowledge of vision problems, eyecare and our products. Youve already demonstrated that youre a natural when it comes to customer care, youre articulate, good with people with an organised approach and always happy to help, so youll fit right in as a valuable member of our friendly store team, joining a business thats going places.

If you are interested please clickApplyas this vacancy will close once we have filled all available places. We therefore highly recommend early applications.

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