Domiciliary Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Horsham; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£27,000 salary

Golden Hello / bonus

Car allowance or company car

9am–6pm Mon-Fri

Specsavers Perks

WeCare

Birthday day off

Job summary

Specsavers is recruiting a home visits optical assistant to take our eye care on the road, visiting patients in their homes and supporting basic tasks that they can’t do in stores. Based from Cobham, you’ll cover the South and South East London region, delivering clinical care and smiles to the heart of your community.

The role offers a salary of £27,000 per year, with a car allowance or a fully expensed company car, and a Monday to Friday 9am–6pm schedule.

Qualifications

• Previous optical experience.
• Must have a full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Visit patients at home to provide eye care.
• Assist with basic tasks and support daily living where needed.
• Liaise with customers to arrange appointments and follow-ups.

Skills

Optical experience

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Ready to take your skills on the road? As a home visits optical assistant at Specsavers, you can do just that.

You’ll be driving our services to the doorsteps of the nation, providing eye care to the people who aren’t able to come into our stores. But not only do you help them with their sight, you’ll be able to support them to get basic tasks done that they wouldn’t be able to do without you. Essentially, you’ll be bringing smiles and clinical care to the heart of your community.

Ideally, you will be locaed in West Sussex or Central Guildford.

Our business

Based from the office in Cobham, you’ll cover the South & South East London region providing care to vulnerable patients.

Our team

We have a wonderful existing team of dedicated people from optical and administrative backgrounds, who ready and waiting for you to meet.

Our cars

You’ll be provided with a a car allowance of £3,000 per annum or a fully expensed company car.

What’s on offer?

As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:

• £27,000 per annum
• Up to £2,000 Golden Hello (T&C's apply)
• Car allowance or company car
• Monday to Friday – core hours are 9am to 6pm (Flexibility required)
• Benefits include Specsavers Perks - a portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings
• WeCare - our employee support service to help you and your immediate family when you need it most
• Enjoy an additional paid day off on your birthday to celebrate you!

What we’re looking for?

If this is still sounding like a bit of you, we do need you to have a few skills to get started as a home visits optical assistant.These include:

• Previous optical experience
• Must have a full UK driving license

Find out more

If you’ve got all these skills, we’d love for you to apply, but there’s also some desirable experience that could set you apart from the competition if you have it.

This includes:

• Previous experience in a fast-paced customer facing environment
• Experience in optics
• Be confident using new systems as well as tablet and / or laptop

Checked all the boxes? Now’s the perfect time to apply!