Contact Lens Optician
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Job Summary
About the role
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.
Responsibilities include
Using your passion for delivering patient care youll 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 youll 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
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at Please note any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.
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. Join our team and lets see whats possible when we change for the better.
Whats next
If your application is successful our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview. If you have not been successful on this occasion you will be notified by email.
We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to 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.
Need To Know
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Optometrist to join our supportive and experienced team in Preston. This role has the potential for residency or mobile working across Blackpool Burnley Chorley Cleveleys Preston and Southport. Hours: 30-37.50 hours per week 4-5 days.
This role offers flexible working patterns with a minimum requirement of 3 out of 4 Saturdays or alternate full weekends.
We welcome Newly Qualified Optometrists with no additional qualifications required making this an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a well-equipped high-performing practice.
Youll be working in a busy Boots UK store with Hearing Care featuring 4 testing rooms 2025 minute testing times and a wide range of services including Dry Eye. The practice is fully equipped with modern technology including OCT visual fields retinal cameras and phoropters.
The team is friendly experienced and supportive with 15 colleagues including resident Optometrists a Pre-Reg Optometrist Dispensing Optician and Contact Lens Optician.
The practice is located in the heart of Preston with excellent transport links nearby trains and buses and affordable parking (2 for the day within a 5-minute walk). The patient base is varied from young children through to the elderly.
If you are interested please email
Keywords
Optician Opticians Optometry Clinician Contact Lens Dispensing Optician Optician Support Optical Support Lenses
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.
Responsibilities include
Using your passion for delivering patient care youll 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 youll 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
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at Please note any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.
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. Join our team and lets see whats possible when we change for the better.
Whats next
If your application is successful our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview. If you have not been successful on this occasion you will be notified by email.
We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to 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.
Need To Know
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Optometrist to join our supportive and experienced team in Preston. This role has the potential for residency or mobile working across Blackpool Burnley Chorley Cleveleys Preston and Southport. Hours: 30-37.50 hours per week 4-5 days.
This role offers flexible working patterns with a minimum requirement of 3 out of 4 Saturdays or alternate full weekends.
We welcome Newly Qualified Optometrists with no additional qualifications required making this an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a well-equipped high-performing practice.
Youll be working in a busy Boots UK store with Hearing Care featuring 4 testing rooms 2025 minute testing times and a wide range of services including Dry Eye. The practice is fully equipped with modern technology including OCT visual fields retinal cameras and phoropters.
The team is friendly experienced and supportive with 15 colleagues including resident Optometrists a Pre-Reg Optometrist Dispensing Optician and Contact Lens Optician.
The practice is located in the heart of Preston with excellent transport links nearby trains and buses and affordable parking (2 for the day within a 5-minute walk). The patient base is varied from young children through to the elderly.
If you are interested please email
Keywords
Optician Opticians Optometry Clinician Contact Lens Dispensing Optician Optician Support Optical Support Lenses
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