At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide expert advice and customer care while validating complex prescriptions.
- Company: Boots Opticians is dedicated to enhancing patient care and community relationships.
- Benefits: Enjoy a discretionary annual bonus, generous employee discounts, and flexible benefits.
- Other info: The position may offer part-time or job-share options.
- Why this job: This role offers career progression opportunities, including leadership and franchise options.
- Qualifications: Must have full GOC registration and be a qualified Contact Lens Optician.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
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 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 exploring 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.
Be brilliant with Boots.
Contact Lens Optician in Taunton employer: Boots UK
Boots Opticians, located in various clinics, values diversity and inclusivity among its team. Employees benefit from a supportive environment and access to 24/7 counselling through TELUS Health.
