Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers group; Ballymena; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Specsavers Perks

WeCare helpline

Development opportunities

Hearing and eyecare benefits

Job summary

Specsavers Ballymena is looking for a Trainee Optical Assistant to start a rewarding career in retail optics. You’ll be supported by experienced Opticians and Technicians, with extensive training and development opportunities.

Location - Ballymena. We offer full-time hours (37.5 per week) including weekends and evenings, a competitive hourly rate of £12.91, Specsavers Perks, WeCare helpline, and pathways to professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Providing style advice
• Measuring frames
• Taking phone calls

Job description

Are you a caring individual looking to start your career as an Optical Assistant? You’ve come to the right place.

We aren’t looking for people with years of experience and heaps of qualifications, just passionate, hard-workers ready to confidently welcome and help customers as they walk through our doors. And once you’ve found your feet as a Trainee Optical Assistant, you don’t just have to stop there. We have plenty of professional training and development in other business areas, as well as the support of experienced Opticians and Technicians supporting you on your journey. So whatever you want your career to look like, you can bring it to life at Specsavers.

Location - Ballymena

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:

• £12.91ph
• Full time 37.5 hours per week to include weekend and evening working
• Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme
• WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits

What we’re looking for?

Some of the responsibilities of this role include:

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Providing style advice
• Measuring frames
• Taking phone calls

Find out more

If you’re ready and raring to join our team and drive our practice forward, we can’t wait to hear from you. You just need to be passionate, a great team worker and communicator, confident in using IT systems, and have an ability to adapt.