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Specsavers S

Optical Assistant

🏢 Specsavers

📍 Canvey Island, England ✈️ Visa Sponsorship Available 🕒 2 days ago
Work Model
📍 Canvey Island, England
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
Recruitment Type
🛡️ Direct to HR Pipeline
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Verified Direct Employer Opening: You are applying directly to Specsavers's hiring pipeline without recruitment agency markups.

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Experienced Optical Assistant

Location: Canvey Island, Essex.

Salary: DOE, Plus Store Bonus!

Working hours: Full time and Part time ( 4 days minimum) . Weekend work would be essential.

Experience level: Previous Optical experience is essential for this role

Join our team as an Optical Assistant, and you’ll discover why at Specsavers, we pride ourselves on providing the foundation for exciting, long-term careers – a home where your previous optical expertise will be truly valued and where you’ll be given the opportunity to thrive.

We’re looking for someone who has previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant – however we’ll continue to help develop and expand your knowledge.

Some of the key tasks required include:

  • Listening to patients, and giving good clear advice, explaining suitable products & offers whilst understanding NHS procedures & applying our own high standards
  • Dispensing of lenses (single vision / bi-focal & varifocal)
  • Carrying out pre-screening examinations & working alongside the wider team in day to day running of clinics
  • Take measurements and support patients with collections, ensuring fit, comfort & accuracy of frames are checked thoroughly
  • Maintain delivery of excellent customer service at all times, playing a valuable part of a customer journey & successful retail team.

You’ve already demonstrated that you’re a natural when it comes to customer care, you’re articulate, good with people with an organised approach and always happy to help, so you’ll fit right in as a valuable member of our friendly store team, joining a business that’s going places.


If you are interested, please click Apply as this vacancy will close once we have filled all available places.

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Is this role eligible for remote work or international relocation?

This position is based in Canvey Island, England with potential relocation and visa sponsorship considerations for qualified candidates.

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