Mobile Dispensing Opticians

Boots; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Boots is seeking a Mobile Dispensing Optician to provide clinical support across stores within a defined UK region. You will work closely with a Mobile Optometrist, guiding patients from chair to dispense and delivering complete healthcare solutions with a patient-centered approach.

You will travel between stores, lead by example, train colleagues and ensure adherence to Boots Opticians policies while embracing digital tools to enhance the patient journey.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Optical Council (GOC).
• Experience in optical dispensing and patient care.
• Ability to travel across regional stores and build strong relationships.

Responsibilities

• Role model, lead and deliver exceptional care, supporting patients and customers to make appropriate choices.
• Work flexibly across the opticians area according to business need.
• Provide expert knowledge for patients with more specialist requirements.
• Deliver complete healthcare solutions for patients and coach others.
• Supervise development, education and training of colleagues and students.
• Comply with Boots Opticians policies and procedures.
• Support efficient operations to ensure legal and safe dispensing.
• Participate in store leadership meetings to maintain high clinical standards.
• Engage customers with the digital tools where appropriate.

Skills

GOC registered

Optical dispensing experience

Relationship building

High clinical standards

Travel flexibility

Job description

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., 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:

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills / Experience

• 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

Benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus