Dispensing Optician
Job description
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Ready todeliver the best patient carefromthe heart of our store?If your answer is yes, as a qualified Dispensing Optician, youcouldbearole model playing a key part in creating a warm, friendly atmosphere, and an outstanding store environment for our customers and industry-leading team.
Specsavers Slough, located in the centre of town, are looking for a new Dispensing Optician, that would be interested in ongoing support and career development.
What's on offer?
- Salary up to £40,000 depending on experience
- Excellent performance related bonus
- Free parking
- 33 days holiday plus your Birthday off
- Located just a 5 minute walk from the train station
- Pension contribution
- Exceptional clinical and professional development opportunities
- GOC & College fees paid
- WeCare- Employee support service to help you and your immediate family when need it most including Best Doctors second medical opinion service and 24/7 virtual GP
- Complimentary subscription to the Headspace app - your personal guide to mindfulness, sleep, focus, movement and more
Specsavers listed as No.12 in top 50 Best Workplaces™ in the world
About The Role
Following substantial and on-going growth, Specsavers Reading have an exciting opportunity for a Dispensing Optician to join their team. You will be working closely with the wider team to ensure that each customer you dispense receives a consistent quality handover, as well as manage aftersales service, including problem solving in a customer service focused ‘can do' manner. Contributing to your achievement of individual and team sales targets is also crucial in this role.
Our team are open and friendly, we have regular social events including team breakfasts, pizza nights, bowling and CPD events. We love to think about the support you would like, so are very happy to support with training as soon as you start if you are looking to further your career; whether that be Contact Lens, clinical or management.
What We'd Love To See
Alongside being a qualified and GOC registered Dispensing Optician, we are searching for someone who shares our store's ethos. Someone who wants to grow, develop and offer exceptional customer care along the way. We want a practitioner who prides themselves on their clinical judgment, that isn't afraid of a hands-on approach and who is keen to get involved and build rapport with the rest of the team. In summary, we're looking for a skilled Dispensing Optician to join us, be part of the team and assist in driving our practice forward.
Find out more
If you like the sound of this opportunity, get in touch, we'd love to tell you more about it. Contact George Coleing on or email .
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Key skills
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Application advice
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⭐ Lead your CV with your GOC registration number and qualification prominently in your Personal Statement, as the advert lists GOC registration as a core requirement.
📊 Quantify your dispensing output: e.g. 'Dispensed an average of 35 patients per week, achieving 94% customer satisfaction score across 12 months'.
🎯 Highlight any contact lens or clinical development experience explicitly, as the advert flags Contact Lens and clinical training as key growth pathways Specsavers will support.
🤝 Include a bullet on cross-team collaboration or handover quality, referencing consistent quality handovers — the advert specifically calls this out as a core daily responsibility.
📈 Mention any experience contributing to individual or team sales targets in optical retail, as the advert states this is 'crucial' to the role.
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- •Dispensed an average of 40 patients per week at a high-volume optical practice, maintaining a 96% positive customer feedback score over 18 months.
- •Resolved aftersales issues for 15+ complex dispensing cases monthly, reducing remake rate by 22% through improved pre-dispense clinical checks.
- •Contributed to a 12% uplift in contact lens uptake over one quarter by proactively recommending trial fits during standard dispensing consultations.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Specsavers' reputation for clinical excellence and its commitment to paying GOC and College fees make the Dispensing Optician position in Slough a natural next step in my optical career. With a GOC-registered qualification and a track record of delivering consistent, high-quality dispensing handovers, I am confident I can contribute to your store's continued growth and patient care standards.
My background in optical dispensing spans complex prescription management, aftersales problem resolution, and contact lens fitting across a busy retail practice environment. I have consistently met individual and team sales targets while maintaining a patient-first approach, and I am keen to develop further through Specsavers' structured CPD and clinical training programmes.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you ensure a consistent quality handover when dispensing to patients with complex prescriptions?
- ›What is your process for selecting the most appropriate lens type and coating for a patient's lifestyle needs?
- ›How do you manage aftersales issues such as incorrect glazing or frame adjustments, and what steps do you take to resolve them?
- ›Can you describe your experience with contact lens dispensing, including any specialist fitting techniques you have used?
- ›How do you stay current with CPD requirements and apply new clinical knowledge in your day-to-day dispensing practice?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you turned a dissatisfied customer into a loyal one through your problem-solving approach.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to balance individual sales targets with delivering the best clinical outcome for a patient.
- ›Give an example of when you proactively supported a colleague's development or shared clinical knowledge with your team.
- ›Tell me about a time you contributed to improving the atmosphere or culture within your optical practice.
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a clinical or dispensing error and explain how you handled it.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you turned a dissatisfied customer into a loyal one through your problem-solving approach.
Describe a situation where you had to balance individual sales targets with delivering the best clinical outcome for a patient.