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Home Visits Optical Assistant
Specsavers
Wigan, England, United Kingdom
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Role: Domiciliary Optical Assistant - ideally located in M23 or WA14 area.
Ready to take your skills on the road? As a home visits optical assistant at Specsavers, you can do just that.
You’ll be driving our services to the doorsteps of the nation, providing eye care to the people who aren’t able to come into our stores. But not only do you help them with their sight, you’ll be able to support them to get basic tasks done that they wouldn’t be able to do without you. Essentially, you’ll be bringing smiles and clinical care to the heart of your community.
Our business
Based from the office in Bolton, you will cover mainly Manchester North and BL and Lancashire area but will be required to cover further afield on occassion, providing care to vulnerable patients.
Our team
We have a wonderful existing team of dedicated people from optical and administrative backgrounds, who ready and waiting for you to meet.
Our cars
You’ll be provided with a a car allowance of £3,000 per annum that will allow you to use your own car to bring your care and services directly to people’s homes.
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:
£27,000 per annum
Monday to Friday – core hours are 9am to 5.30pm (Flexibility required)
Benefits include Specsavers Perks - a portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings
WeCare - our employee support service to help you and your immediate family when you need it most
Enjoy an additional paid day off on your birthday to celebrate you!
What we’re looking for?
If this is still sounding like a bit of you, we do need you to have a few skills to get started as a home visits optical assistant. These include:
Previous optical experience
Must have a full UK driving license
Find out more
If you’ve got all these skills, we’d love for you to apply, but there’s also some desirable experience that could set you apart from the competition if you have it.
This includes:
Previous experience in a fast-paced customer facing environment
Experience in optics
Basic knowledge/experience of optical
Be confident using new systems as well as tablet and / or laptop
Checked all the boxes? Now’s the perfect time to apply!