Dispensing Optical Assistant

Specsavers

Date posted: November 23, 2025

Closes: Dec 23, 2025


Optical Assistant - Dispense focus

Specsavers, a household name and a Highstreet staple. And you could be part of the team.

So, you’re a proactive people person ready to be the friendly face our stores need? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. So, if you’ve had previous optical experience as an Optical Advisor or Dispensing Assistant, this Optical Assistant role could be perfect for you.

As an Optical Assistant, you’ll use your passion for the Specsavers brand, products and services alongside your incredible customer service skills, to create an outstanding store environment for both our customers and our team.

What’s on Offer?

Our Taunton store is a wonderful store with a fantastic team based in the heart of the town with great transport links. The Directors are invested in supporting their team to grow and develop and ensure you recieve great training and development opportunities. We also have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:

From £12.41 per hour (depending on experience)Full time hours with regular weekend working - 40 hours a weekBonus scheme based on dispensingSpecsavers Perks – our discounted benefits schemeExtra day off for your birthdayWeCare – UK confidential employee helplineOutstanding clinical and professional development opportunitiesDiscounted hearing and eyecare benefitsEnhanced sick pay Enhanced pay for family leave (Maternity/Paternity etc)Fantastic progression opportunities

Find out more

If you’re ready and raring to join our team and drive our practice forward, we can’t wait to hear from you. You just need to have some previous Optical Experience, be passionate, a great team worker and communicator, confident in using IT systems, and have an ability to adapt.

Got what we’re looking for? Head to our website to learn more about the role and apply today.

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