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Dispensing Optician
Job summary
A leading optical retail company is seeking a qualified Dispensing Optician in Birkenhead. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality customer care and expert advice while leading a team. Key responsibilities include clinical support in store and helping customers with eyewear choices. The role requires registration with the GOC and a passion for learning. A variety of benefits, including a retirement savings plan and flexible benefits, are offered.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Passion for your own learning and development, completing all CPD training.
- Ability to embrace new technology.
Responsibilities
- Providing clinical support in store for regulated dispensing.
- Inspiring your Optical team by sharing your knowledge.
- Listening to customers and offering expertise.
- Helping customers choose the correct eyewear.
- Supporting the team to ensure efficient operational processes.
Skills
Education
As a qualified Dispensing Optician, you will be providing a high level of customer care and expert advice to make a real difference to our customers and keep them coming back. You will work in one of our stores, reporting to the Store Manager.
- Providing clinical support in store for regulated dispensing
- Inspiring your Optical team by sharing your knowledge to offer the very best service
- Listening to the needs of customers and offer expertise and advice
- Helping our customers to choose the correct eyewear and offer guidance to ensure our customers receive the best product suited to their needs
- Supporting the team to deliver an efficient model day and operational processes to ensure that the business trades legally
- Providing expert knowledge for patients with more specialist requirements
- Registered with the General Optical Council (GOC)
- Passion for your own learning and development, completing all CPD training as part of the GOC requirement
- Ability to embrace new technology
- 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 including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more. boots.jobs/rewards
- 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. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.
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.
After submitting your application online, it will be reviewed by our team, and we will contact you as soon as we can. If successful, we will contact you to arrange an interview with the hiring manager.
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.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.