As Optical assistant you will be the first line of contact with the patients. You will guide clients through the patient journey from making appointments, advising on their entitlements and benefits, advising with spectacle frame selection and styles and fashion. You will work with Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians to provide a smooth workflow to make patients journey a pleasant one thus enhancing our brand image and core company ethos.
The successful candidate will:
* Have a good leaving certificate or equivalent with a science module which helps with progression within the company.
* Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
* Ability to work on own initiative.
* Good computer skills.
* Retail and or Optical experience and advantage, but not a must. Full training provided.
* Highly motivated.
* High degree of empathy and have a flair for working with the public.
Sheppard Opticians fully endorse career progression within the optical profession. To date we have sponsored many careers through college from Optical Assistants to Technicians, Managers, Dispensing Opticians right up to Optometrists.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From €27,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Nenagh, CO. Tipperary: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person