Boots UK, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
About The Role
As a qualified Contact Lens Optician, you will provide a high level of customer care and expert advice to make a real difference to our customers and keep them coming back. You will work in the store across our clinics and the wider store to support day‑to‑day operations, reporting to the Store Manager/Hub Manager.
Responsibilities
* Use your passion for delivering patient care to work with colleagues to deliver a positive customer journey.
* Build longstanding relationships with colleagues, customers and healthcare professionals in the local community, exploring opportunities for delivering enhanced services.
* Use up‑to‑date knowledge of contact lens technology and spectacle dispensing to train and develop the wider optical team.
* Validate complex prescriptions and vulnerable group prescriptions, providing expert knowledge for patients with more specialist requirements.
* Opportunity to supervise a student contact lens optician or student dispensing optician.
What You’ll Need To Have
* Full GOC registration.
* Qualified Contact Lens Optician.
* Passion for patient care.
Our Benefits
* Reimbursement of annual GOC fees.
* Annual CPD conferences.
* Boots Retirement Savings Plan.
* Discretionary annual bonus.
* Generous employee discounts.
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
* Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
* Access to free 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
Additional benefits are available; find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note that any salary estimates on third‑party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots.
Why Boots Opticians
At Boots Opticians we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.
What’s next
If your application is successful, our recruitment team will contact you to arrange an interview. If you were not successful this time, you will be notified by email.
We are always open to discussing flexible working options, including job share and reduced hours. If you need additional support during the application and interview process, we provide reasonable adjustments.
This role requires a pre‑employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location, you may be asked to submit either a DBS, PVG, or an Access NI Check.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider applicants with criminal convictions on a case‑by‑case basis.
Job Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full‑time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industry: Retail
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