Senior Optical Assistant

We’re looking for a full or part-time Senior Optical Assistant to join our friendly team of 10 in delivering outstanding patient care at Cooke Opticians.

Cooke Opticians is an independent optical practice established in 1991. Based in Stephen Street, Sligo, we have built our reputation as a leading family Opticians, working in the Sligo community for over 30 years and in some cases caring for 4 generations of the one family.

Sligo town is steeped in history, surrounded by beauty, and with a charm and character all its own. Whether you enjoy, art, culture, surfing, culinary delights or the great outdoors, Sligo can provide…..and we haven’t even mentioned the fact we are on the Wild Atlantic Way!

• Your birthday off work
• No Sunday or bank holiday working
• Free & regular CPD courses
• Retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension scheme
• Employee assistance program with health benefits

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 customer’s 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 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.
• Adjusting customers spectacle frames using the correct tools to ensure stability and comfort.
• 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.
• Communicate contact lenses suitability, features and benefits.
• Carrying out pre–screening tests such as retinal imaging and pressure and visual field testing.
• Understanding business KPI’s and how they affect the practices profitability

Click apply below and we will ensure you are contacted as soon as possible by one of our team.