Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Connacht; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity/Paternity Pay

Employee Pension

Enhanced Sick Pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Specsavers Perks

Headspace subscription

Job summary

Specsavers Eyre Square in Ireland is offering a Trainee Optical Assistant role designed for someone who wants to start their career in eye care. You will receive extensive training and support from experienced Opticians and Technicians to help customers in-store.

As you learn, you'll handle eye test bookings, pre-screening patients, and offering style advice while developing professional skills with modern eye care technology.

Responsibilities

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

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.

Our store

Based in Eyre Square, our store has great career progression opportunities!

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:

• €14.35ph
• Maternity/Paternity Pay
• Employee Pension
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme
• Annual subscription to the "Headspace" app
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Other higher accreditations and Pathway
• Access to latest clinical technology and equipment

What we’re looking for?

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

Find out more

If you are comfortable with the responsibilities we’re looking for and are excited by this opportunity, we’re excited to hear from you.