About The Role
As a Dispensing Optician, you will ensure that every customer receives exceptional service when visiting our store. This involves understanding customer needs, explaining our products and offers, creating a welcoming environment, and dispensing single vision and varifocal lenses from the leading lens manufacturers. You will also dispense and fit glasses to both adults and children, working from prescriptions provided by optometrists. You will advise customers on lens and frame choices, including style, weight, and colour, and provide guidance on how to wear and maintain their glasses. As a qualified Dispensing Optician registered with the General Optical Council (GOC), you will bring a high level of expertise and customer care, ensuring every customer receives appropriate dispensing advice.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide excellent customer service, booking appointments efficiently and advising on frame and lens choices
* Interpret optical prescriptions and dispense low vision aids where necessary
* Confidently advise on features and benefits of lenses from leading manufacturers, and discuss contact lenses where required
* Handle customer queries and complaints efficiently and effectively
* Fit and supply the most appropriate spectacles based on the customer’s vision, lifestyle, and vocational needs
* Take frame and facial measurements to ensure a correct fit and positioning
* Order lenses and verify them upon delivery to ensure they meet specifications
* Assist the Store Manager in the effective running of the store while supporting the team in all dispensing areas
* Promote in-store offers and maximise sales opportunities to meet KPIs
* Assist in training and onboarding new sales advisors
* Maintain accurate patient records and complete administrative tasks
* Ensure compliance with General Optical Council (GOC) Standards of Practice and data protection regulations
* Provide flexibility in covering other locations when necessary due to emergencies, sickness, or holidays
About You
To be successful in this role, you should be a qualified Dispensing Optician registered with the General Optical Council (GOC) and passionate about providing excellent customer care. You will be a natural communicator with a friendly and approachable manner, ensuring that every customer feels valued and supported. You’ll be customer focused and commercially aware, able to make the most of sales opportunities. If you are enthusiastic about optical dispensing and want to work in a supportive, customer-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you!
Requirements
* Registered with the GOC as a Dispensing Optician
* Strong customer service skills with a friendly and professional approach
* Enthusiastic and eager to learn
* Competent IT skills
* Commitment to meeting industry standards and professional requirements
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Retail
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