Optical Assistant Apprenticeship At Portishead Eyecare: #CreateYourFuture

This vacancy is for an Apprentice Optical Assistant based in Portishead, Bristol. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience whilst gaining on the job qualifications. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience whilst gaining on the job qualifications.

The duties within this role include:

• Greeting customers in a professional and friendly manner as they enter the practice
• Interpreting and understanding a clinically issued prescription, its effects on the eye, and the customer’s vision
• Helping customers select spectacle frame(s) that are suitable in terms of comfort, looks good and fits lifestyle requirements
• Be able to explain the features and benefits of particular frames, using non-technical customer friendly language
• Measuring the frames and ensure they are a suitable size for a customer and can accommodate their lenses
• Making adjustments to customers spectacle frames using the correct tools to ensure stability and comfort
• Basic frame repairs
• Have a good knowledge of Ophthalmic lenses, tints and coatings to be able to meet visual / lifestyle requirements
• Ordering prescription glasses and contact lenses in for the customer
• Correct completion of NHS paperwork and written records in-line with company procedures
• Making follow up appointments for customers
• Use a focimetre to find the prescription from spectacles
• Communicate contact lenses suitability, features and benefits
• Carrying out pre-screening tests such as retinal imaging and pressure and visual field testing
• Explaining offers and products to customers
• Taking payments from customers