Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Corby; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time up to 37.5 hours per week

Up to £12.91 an hour

Specsavers Perks – discounted benefits

Extra day off for your birthday

WeCare – UK confidential employee help

Outstanding clinical and professional

Discounted hearing and eyecare

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced pay for family leave

In store mental health first aiders

Job summary

Specsavers in the UK is seeking passionate, hard-working people to become Trainee Optical Assistants. You don’t need years of experience or qualifications; there is extensive training and development with support from experienced Opticians and Technicians guiding your journey.

What’s on offer: full-time up to 37.5 hours per week including weekends, up to £12.91 per hour, Specsavers Perks, extra day off for your birthday, WeCare helpline, and excellent career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; passion and customer care are valued.

Responsibilities

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

Job description

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.

Our team

We have a wonderful team of dedicated people in our store ready and waiting for you to meet.

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:

• Full time up to 37.5 hours per week including weekends
• Up to £12.91 an hour
• Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme
• Extra day off for your birthday
• WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits
• Enhanced sick pay (after a year or service)
• Enhanced pay for family leave (Maternity/Paternity etc)
• In store mental health first aiders

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 call