About this role
Mobile Optical Dispensing Assistant📍 Surrey 💷 £26,780 + Dispensing Bonus + Company Car or Car Allowance 🕒 Alternate Saturdays | Monday-Saturday Rota
Love Eyewear, Fashion and Helping People Feel Their Best?At Leightons Opticians & Hearing Care, we believe the perfect pair of glasses does more than improve vision. It builds confidence, reflects personality and helps people express their individual style.
We're looking for an experienced Mobile Optical Dispensing Assistant to support our practices across Surrey. If you enjoy working with people, have a passion for eyewear and thrive in a varied role where no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you.
This isn't your typical practice-based role. You'll travel between Leightons locations, bringing exceptional service, optical expertise and styling advice to patients across the region.
What Makes This Role Different?✅ Work across multiple Leightons practices
✅ Company car or car allowance provided
✅ Combine eyewear styling with optical dispensing
✅ Meet new people and work with different teams every week
✅ Build your experience across a respected independent optical group
✅ Make a genuine difference to patients' confidence and quality of life
The RoleAs a Mobile Optical Dispensing Assistant, you'll help patients find frames they love, lenses that suit their lifestyle and solutions that improve both their vision and confidence.
You'll:
Guide patients through frame and lens selection
Deliver an exceptional and personalised customer experience
Support spectacle dispensing and fittings
Take accurate measurements and complete optical orders
Assist with frame adjustments and repairs
Support pre-screening and clinical procedures
Promote our optical and hearing care services
Work closely with teams across multiple Leightons practices
Travel RequirementThis is a mobile role supporting Leightons practices across the region.
You'll be expected to travel to practices within approximately 90 minutes (1.5 hours) of your home address, providing support where it is needed most. Flexibility, adaptability and a willingness to travel are essential.
What We're Looking ForEssentialA minimum of 12 months' experience working within an optical practice or optical retail environment
Previous optical dispensing experience, including frame styling, frame selection and lens recommendations
Passion for delivering outstanding customer service
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
Full UK driving licence
Confidence working across different locations and teams
You'll Love This Role If You...Have a genuine interest in eyewear, fashion and personal styling
Enjoy helping people feel confident and look their best
Thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment
Like variety and meeting new people
Want to develop your career with one of the UK's leading independent optical businesses
Join LeightonsFor nearly 100 years, we've been helping people see better, hear better and live better. Join us and become part of a business that combines clinical excellence with a truly personal approach.
If you have at least 12 months' optical experience and are ready for a role that offers variety, independence and the chance to make a real impact every day, we'd love to hear from you.
See better. Feel better. Look your best. That's what we help our patients achieve, and you could be part of it.