Mobile Dispensing Optician

Boots; Dobwalls; Vor Ort; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Flexible benefits scheme

Counselling via TELUS Health

Zusammenfassung

Boots Opticians is seeking a Mobile Dispensing Optician to cover a defined geographical area, delivering essential clinical support across stores and ensuring a seamless patient journey from chair to dispense.

You will work closely with a Mobile Optometrist, coach other team members, and maintain high clinical standards while travelling between stores in the region as required.

Qualifikationen

• Registered with the General Optical Council (GOC).
• Optical dispensing experience.
• Strong relationships with stakeholders including store and area leaders, peers, customers and external professionals.
• High clinical standards.
• Willing and able to travel to different stores in the region.
• Committed to CET learning as part of GOC requirements.

Aufgaben

• Provide essential clinical support in stores for regulated dispensing.
• Collaborate with a Mobile Optometrist to ensure a seamless chair-to-dispense patient journey.
• Lead, coach and mentor other opticians and students.
• Collaborate with Boots Healthcare teams for a one-health approach.
• Ensure compliance with Boots Opticians policies and SOPs.
• Support store leadership meetings to maintain high clinical standards and patient safety.

Kenntnisse

GOC registered

Optical dispensing

Relationship building

Travel flexibility

Jobbeschreibung

Mobile Dispensing Optician

As a Mobile Dispensing Optician, you will work across different stores within a defined geographical area to support our stores with cover when people are out of the business.

About the role

Our Mobile Dispensing Opticians play a key role in the area at providing crucial clinical support in stores for regulated dispensing. You will work very closely with a Mobile Optometrist and provide a customer experience where there is a seamless journey for the patient from chair to dispense. You will also:

• Role model, lead and deliver exceptional care, supporting patients and customers to make appropriate choices regarding optical and healthcare products and services
• Work flexibly across the opticians area according to business need, continually developing your knowledge so that you can be at your best for patients and customers
• Provide expert knowledge for patients with more specialist requirements
• Deliver complete healthcare solutions for our patients and customers and coach other opticians team members to do the same
• Work with the Boots Healthcare teams to give a one health solution
• Supervise the development, education and training of colleagues and support and mentor students (including Student Dispensing Opticians)
• Comply with the standards of practice and the current Boots Opticians clinical policies and standard operating procedures
• Support the opticians team to deliver an efficient model day and other operational processes to ensure that the opticians business trades legally and safely
• Get Involved in regular store leadership team meetings to ensure high clinical standards are maintained to support patient safety
• Actively embraces and advocate the digital agenda and introduce customers to these tools where appropriate through great conversations

What you’ll need to have

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role.

• Registered with the General Optical Council (GOC)
• Optical experience and expertise
• Great at building relationships. You will be working very closely with a range of stakeholders including store and area leaders, peers, customers and external local professionals
• High clinical standards
• A role model working to lead and deliver our Healthcare Ambition, to be the first choice for patients for their dispensing needs
• Motivated to own your learning and development, completing all educational training CET as part of the GOC requirement
• Willing and able to travel to different stores in the region

Our benefits

• 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
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only.

Please note, any salary estimates given 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.

What's Next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) 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.