Contact Lens Optician (Hospital & Practice)

Oxted (with occasional needs in Woking and Staines)

£36,000  

We are looking for a Contact Lens Optician to be based mainly at our Oxted practice.  As our full time Contact Lens Optician, you will be responsible for looking after our practice clients and also complex contact lens work for our local hospital eye departments.

As an integral member of the Bayfields team, we will provide our Contact Lens Optician with an enjoyable professional working environment which is fun, open and where we are committed to supporting you, your professional development, and your personal wellbeing. We will also provide a wide range of benefits, including:

• Salary up to £36,000 per annum
• 5 weeks’ holiday, plus bank holidays  
• An additional day’s holiday for your birthday each year.
• Company pension Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Simply Health Medical Plan.
• Staff discounts (including an annual £350 voucher to spend on a pair of glasses or sunglasses after your probation).
• Friends and family discounts (eye-tests; glasses; sunglasses & hearing tests)
• Paid professional fees (GOC and professional indemnity which is currently the AOP).

When you join Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists as our Contact Lens Optician, you are joining an independent business where we are passionate about the services, we provide our clients. Although we are national, we are not a huge chain which means we understand the importance of local relationships and the power of choice. We aim to deliver obsessively great service to each and every one of our clients which is at the core of what we do. We have the latest diagnostic equipment, the latest technological advances in contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames, and the latest fashions.

To be considered for this role, you will be a qualified and GOC registered Contact Lens Optician with excellent communication and listening skills and the ability to build strong relationships with your team members, peers, and clients. Accuracy and attention to detail are vital for this role in line with being able to make clear recommendations when fitting complex contact lenses to our hospital clients.

If you are ready for a new and exciting opportunity and your values align with ours, then we would love to hear from you!