Contact Lens Optician

Boots UK; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption"

Job summary

Boots Opticians in the UK is seeking a qualified Contact Lens Optician to deliver expert care across our clinics and store teams. You will validate prescriptions, advise on lenses and eyewear, and support colleagues to maintain unbeatable patient experience.

Full GOC registration and a passion for patient care are essential. Join a trusted Boots Opticians brand with a strong benefits package and opportunities to develop your clinical career within the Boots Opticians network.

Qualifications

• Must have full GOC registration.
• Qualified Contact Lens Optician with current registration.
• Demonstrated passion for patient care and service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level patient care and expert advice to customers across Boots Opticians clinics and stores.
• Support the day-to-day operations and training of the optical team, reporting to Store/Hub Manager.
• Coach and potentially supervise a Student Contact Lens Optician/Student Dispensing Optician.
• Update knowledge on contact lens technology and spectacle dispensing to improve service quality.
• Build strong relationships with patients, healthcare professionals, and community partners.

Skills

Patient care

GOC registration

Qualified Contact Lens Optician

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

As a qualified Contact Lens Optician, you will be providing a high level of customer care and expert advice to make a real difference to our customers and keep them coming back. You will work in store across our clinics and the wider store to support the day to day operations, reporting to the Store Manager/Hub Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Using your passion for delivering patient care you'll work with colleagues to deliver a positive customer journey.
• Building longstanding relationships – not only with colleagues and customers but with healthcare professionals in the local community and explore the opportunities for delivering enhanced services
• Using your up to date knowledge of Contact Lens technology and spectacle dispensing to train and develop the wider optical team.
• Validating complex prescriptions and vulnerable groups and providing expert knowledge for patients with more specialist requirements.
• Opportunity to supervise a Student Contact Lens Optician/Student Dispensing Optician

What You’ll Need To Have (our Must-haves)

• Full GOC registration
• Qualified Contact Lens Optician
• Passion for patient care

It would be great if you also have

Ability to embrace new technologies

Where your brilliance can take you

At Boots Opticians, your clinical career can go in many directions – from clinician and non-clinical leadership roles to even owning your own Boots Opticians store through our Franchise Academy. Whatever path you choose, we’ll help you get there.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

There’s lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts – there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only. Please note that any salary estimates provided on third-party sites are not endorsed by Boots Opticians and may not be accurate.

A Bit About Us

At Boots Opticians, we help everyone see what’s possible, from our customers to our colleagues. We’re a proud equal opportunity employer, and the diversity of our colleagues is so important to us, as we create a positive and inclusive workplace for everyone who steps through the door. With a supportive team and trusted brand behind you, join us, and be brilliant with Boots.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.