Contact Lens Optician

Boots Opticians; Northwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading eyewear provider is seeking an experienced Contact Lens Optician for a part-time role in Northwich. You'll deliver high-quality patient care and support the optical team. This position requires full GOC registration and offers various benefits, including annual GOC fee reimbursement and employee discounts. Join a team dedicated to inclusivity and excellence in customer service.

Benefits

Reimbursement of Annual GOC Fees

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Access to free 24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge in Contact Lens technology and spectacle dispensing.
• Ability to build relationships with colleagues, customers, and healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Deliver positive customer journeys using your passion for patient care.
• Train and develop the wider optical team.
• Validate complex prescriptions and provide expert knowledge.

Skills

Full GOC registration

Qualified Contact Lens Optician

Passion for patient care

Job description

Overview

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. You will work in store across our clinics and the wider store to support day-to-day operations, reporting to the Store Manager/Hub Manager.

Responsibilities

• Using your passion for delivering patient care you'll work with colleagues to deliver a positive customer journey.
• Building longstanding relationships – with colleagues, customers and healthcare professionals in the local community and explore 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

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

Our benefits

• Reimbursement of Annual GOC Fees
• Annual CPD conferences
• 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 holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme
• Other benefits available; find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Salary estimates on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots Opticians

At Boots Opticians, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. Join our team and let’s see what’s possible when we change for the better.

Need To Know

We are looking for an experienced Contact Lens Optician to join us on a part-time basis, working 3 days per week to include Saturdays. Northwich Boots Opticians has a wonderful team spirit and will always go above and beyond for customers and their colleagues. This store is a Centre of Excellence store which can be rewarding but also means it can be a very busy and fast paced store. The practice sits in Northwich; a historic market town in Cheshire, known for its rich industrial heritage and beautiful riverside scenery. You would also benefit from free parking, a short walk from the practice. If you would like to learn more about the vacancy and discuss joining Boots Opticians, our benefits and salary packages, please contact Kaushika Bassett-Shand at [e-mail] or 07815433668.

Business Area

Opticians

Function

Opticians

Hours per week

22.5

Location details

Store: 3744 - Northwich - Witton St, Northwich, Cheshire, UK. Address: 55-55a Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire.

Pre-employment checks

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on location you may be asked to submit a DBS, PVG or an Access NI check. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.