Optical Assistant - Southampton, United Kingdom - Specsavers

Specsavers

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Southampton, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Experienced Optical Assistant

Hedge End, Hampshire

Full time - 40 hours a week

Up to £11.44 per hour with bonus potential

Fantastic benefits - birthday day off, dental and medical, in store discounts

Great chance to progress

Previous optical experience is required for this role

Join our team as an Optical Assistant, and you'll 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 you'll be given the opportunity to thrive.

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
We're ideally looking for someone who has previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant.

Some of the key tasks required include:

Dispensing of lenses (single vision / bi-focal & varifocal)
Carrying out prescreening 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.

You've already demonstrated that you're a natural when it comes to customer care, you're articulate, good with people with an organised approach and always happy to help, so you'll fit right in as a valuable member of our friendly store team, joining a business that's going places.