Summary
Permanent
37.5 Hours
Role: Contact Lens Optician
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Location: Guildford, Surrey
Recruitment Partner: Elizabeth Shurmer | elizabeth.shurmer@boots.co.uk | 07866 954438
• Services delivered in store: Boots Opticians Guildford is a large, well-established practice with three clinics, including a dedicated Pre-Registration clinic, providing a varied and rewarding clinical environment. The store is equipped with Optomap technology, supporting enhanced eye health assessments and exceptional patient care.
• Team structure: You will join a friendly, positive and supportive team led by an experienced Assistant Manager. Working alongside experienced optical colleagues, you'll benefit from a collaborative culture that encourages development, teamwork and the delivery of outstanding patient care.
Located just a short walk from Guildford's vibrant High Street, the store is ideally positioned in one of Surrey's most desirable towns. With its blend of historic charm, excellent shopping, cafés, restaurants and green spaces, Guildford offers a fantastic place to build your career. The town also benefits from excellent transport links to London and the wider South East, making it an ideal location for commuters.
The standard working pattern is 9:00am–5:30pm, however we understand the importance of flexibility and are happy to discuss alternative shift patterns where possible to support individual needs.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Contact Lens Optician looking to join a busy, modern practice with a supportive team, advanced clinical technology and excellent opportunities for career development.
As a qualified Contact Lens Optician, you will be providing 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 store across our clinics and the wider store to support the day to day operations, reporting to the Store Manager/Hub Manager.
Key responsibilities
- Using your passion for delivering patient care you'll work with colleagues to deliver a positive customer journey.
- Building longstanding relationships – not only with colleagues and customers but with healthcare professionals in the local community and explore the opportunities for delivering enhanced services
- Using your up to date knowledge of Contact Lens technology and spectacle dispensing to train and develop the wider optical team.
- Validating complex prescriptions and vulnerable groups and providing expert knowledge for patients with more specialist requirements.
- Opportunity to supervise a Student Contact Lens Optician/Student Dispensing Optician
What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)
- Full GOC registration
- Qualified Contact Lens Optician
- Passion for patient care
It would be great if you also have
Ability to embrace new technologies
Where your brilliance can take you
At Boots Opticians, your clinical career can go in many directions – from clinician and non-clinical leadership roles to even owning your own Boots Opticians store through our Franchise Academy. Whatever path you choose, we’ll help you get there.
Rewards designed for you
- 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 option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
- Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
A bit about us
At Boots Opticians, we help everyone see what’s possible, from our customers to our colleagues. We’re a proud equal opportunity employer, and the diversity of our colleagues is so important to us, as we create a positive and inclusive workplace for everyone who steps through the door. With a supportive team and trusted brand behind you, join us, and be brilliant with Boots.
What’s next?
If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.
This role requires the successful candidate to complete a pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location, you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) or an Access NI Check.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Be brilliant with Boots.
Summary
Permanent
37.5 Hours
Application process
1. Apply online and we will review your application against the job requirements.
2. Depending the role, you'll either be invited to complete a short online assessment, or you'll receive a phone call from a member of our team to find out more about you.
3. If you're successful you'll be invited to attend an interview.
4. Following your interview, you will be contacted to discuss the outcome and to provide any feedback. If successful, you'll receive an email with your job offer!
5. For some roles we may require some pre-employment checks to be carried out.
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