This is not a standard optical assistant job.
We're a family opticians on Park Road, and we already have two fantastic optical assistants — we're growing the team to improve patient care and rota resilience.
We run differently to most. Our admin is handled by in-house AI tools, so your time goes on patients, not paperwork. You'll learn to glaze lenses in our own lab — a real technical skill most optical assistants never get taught. We're also active on social media, and being happy to appear in it is a plus.
What your week looks like:
- Helping patients choose eyewear that suits their life and their prescription
- Dispensing, adjustments, repairs and collections
- Learning to glaze lenses in-house (full training given)
- Helping create our social media content (appearing in it is welcome, not essential)
- Working alongside the AI tools that handle our admin
- Occasional days covering our Speke practice
- Saturdays are part of the rota
You'll fit here if you:
- Enjoy learning a wide range of things — this role is broad on purpose
- Are confident and warm with people
- Take pride in detail (glazing punishes carelessness)
- Can work Saturdays and travel occasionally to Speke
Optical experience helps but isn't essential — willingness to learn everything is.
What you get: £12.71–£14.00/hr, employee discount, real technical training, two brilliant colleagues to learn alongside, and a job where no two days repeat.
We hire slowly and deliberately, taking the time to find the right fit for both sides.
Questions or need anything adjusted? Email us at gavin@winstanleyandson.co.uk.
Pay: £12.71-£14.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Application question(s):
- Are you able to work Saturdays?
- Can you occasionally travel to cover our Speke practice?
- Our team helps create social media content and sometimes appears in it - how do you feel about that?
- This role involves learning new skills, from glazing to AI tools - does that appeal?
- Any optical, retail or customer-facing experience?
- Are you looking for full-time or part-time work, and roughly how many hours a week?
- Which days and times are you available to work? Please include whether you can do Saturdays.
Work Location: In person
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