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Trainee Optical Assistant

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Job Description - Trainee Optical Assistant


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.


Location - Conway Square, Newtownards


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:



  • £12.91ph 

  • Full time 40 hours per week 

    • one late shift per week, Tuesday or Thursday 12:30-21:00

    • one full weekend in four off



  • Specsavers Perks – our discounted benefits scheme

  • Extra day off for your birthday

  • WeCare – UK confidential employee helpline

  • Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities


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 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.


 


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About the Company

Opticians

Today Specsavers is the world’s largest optical retailer, with more than 1,750 stores operating in 10 countries, and more than 80 domiciliary partnerships in the UK. Each business is part-owned and managed by its directors and supported by centralised teams of specialists in areas such as marketing,...

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