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Optical Assistant Apprentice
- Employer: Eyecare Specialists Ltd
- Location: Alton
- Vacancy Ref: 00002023
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Wage Per Week: £320.00
- Sector: Optical
This vacancy is for an Apprentice Optical Assistant based in Four Marks. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience within Eyecare Specialists Ltd supporting day to day tasks whilst gaining on the job qualifications.
The duties within this role include:
- Greeting customers in a professional and friendly manner as they enter the practice.
- Interpreting and understanding a clinically issued prescription, its effects on the eye, and the customer's vision.
- Helping customer's select spectacle frame(s) that are suitable in terms of comfort, looks good and fits lifestyle requirements.
- Be able to explain the features and benefits of particular frames, using non-technical customer friendly language.
- Measuring the frames and ensure they are a suitable size for a customer and can accommodate their lenses.
- Adjusting customers spectacle frames using the correct tools to ensure stability and comfort.
- Basic frame repairs.
- Have a good knowledge of Ophthalmic lenses, tints and coatings to be able to meet visual / lifestyle requirements.
- Ordering prescription glasses and contact lenses in for the customer.
- Correct completion of NHS paperwork and written records in-line with company procedures.
- Making follow up appointments for customers.
- Use a focimeter to find the prescription from spectacles.
- Communicate contact lenses suitability, features and benefits.
- Carrying out pre-screening tests such as retinal imaging and pressure and visual field testing.
- Explaining offers and products to customers.
- Taking payments from customers.
- Being able to problem solve with basic optical concerns
- Understanding business KPI's and how they affect the practices profitability
Training to be provided
- L3 Optical Assistant Qualification
About Eyecare Specialists Ltd
We are a team of specialist optometrists (ophthalmic opticians) based in the Hampshire, UK. With over 40 years of experience, our skilled optometrists specialise in in the diagnosis, management and treatment of Dry Eye, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Blepharitis, and other eye conditions.