Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Marlow; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Trainee Optical Assistant in Marlow. This exciting role offers the chance to kickstart your career in optics, with comprehensive training and development opportunities. You will be the welcoming face for customers, assisting them with eye tests and providing expert style advice. Join a dynamic team and enjoy a variety of perks including a competitive salary, extra day off for your birthday, and enhanced sick pay. If you are passionate about customer service and eager to learn, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Discounted benefits scheme

Extra day off for your birthday

Confidential employee helpline

Outstanding clinical development opportunities

Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced pay for family leave

Qualifications

• Passionate, hard-working individuals ready to help customers.
• Ability to confidently welcome and assist customers.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming customers into store and booking eye tests.
• Pre-screening patients and providing style advice.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT systems proficiency

Job description

Trainee Optical Assistant - Marlow Specsavers

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. 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.

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:

1. Salary £8.80 - £11.64 per hour (depending on age)
2. Full time - 37.5 hours with weekend working
3. Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme
4. Extra day off for your birthday
5. WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline
6. Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
7. Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits
8. Enhanced sick pay (after a year of service)
9. Enhanced pay for family leave (Maternity/Paternity etc)

What we’re looking for?

Some of the responsibilities of this role include:

1. Welcoming customers into store
2. Booking in eye tests
3. Pre-screening patients
4. Providing style advice
5. Measuring frames
6. 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.

Got what we’re looking for? Head to our website to learn more about the role and apply today.