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Mobile Dispensing Optician, Hampshire
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Mobile Dispensing Optician providing flexible, travel-based support across multiple Leightons practices within a 1.5-hour radius of Andover, handling holiday cover, clinics, and short-term dispensing needs while maintaining clinical and customer care standards.
About this role
Mobile Dispensing Optician (Pulse)
📍 Based in Andover 🚗 Company Car or Travel Allowance 💷 Up to £33,990 + Average £2,500 Dispensing Bonus 🕒 Full Time Week 1: Monday to Friday Week 2: Tuesday to Saturday
Not a Fan of Standing Still?
Good. Neither are we.
We're looking for a qualified Dispensing Optician to join our Pulse Team. A unique mobile role that gives you the chance to work across a variety of Leightons practices, meet different teams, and help patients across multiple communities, all while maintaining the clinical and customer care standards we're known for.
If you love optics but want more variety, more independence and a change of scenery from the same four walls every day, this could be the perfect next step.
What is Pulse?
Think of Pulse as the heartbeat of Leightons.
Our Pulse Dispensing Opticians provide support across our practices, helping with holiday cover, additional clinics, practice support and short-term requirements.
You'll work within a pre-agreed travel radius of up to 1 hour 30 minutes from your home address, supporting Leightons practices where your expertise is needed most. No surprises, no excessive travel, just flexibility and variety built around a defined territory.
Best of all? Every store has its own personality, patient demographic and frame collections, meaning no two days are ever quite the same.
Why Join the Pulse Team?
✅ Company car or travel allowance
✅ Average £2,500 annual dispensing bonus
✅ Work with a variety of teams and patients
✅ Develop your expertise across multiple practices
✅ Greater variety and autonomy than a traditional practice role
✅ GOC fees paid
✅ Medical cash plan and pension scheme
✅ Genuine career progression opportunities
More Than Dispensing
At Leightons, our Dispensing Opticians aren't just there to take measurements.
You're the expert.
The trusted advisor.
The person who helps patients choose eyewear that fits their prescription, lifestyle and personal style.
You'll take the time to understand each individual, helping them find frames they feel fantastic in and ensuring they leave with complete confidence in their vision and appearance.
That's why our qualified Dispensing Opticians own the dispensing journey from start to finish.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a qualified Dispensing Optician who genuinely cares about delivering exceptional patient experiences.
You'll be:
Fully qualified and GOC registered
Passionate about patient care and eyewear
Confident providing personalised dispensing advice
A natural relationship builder
Adaptable and comfortable working across multiple locations
Motivated, organised and proactive
In possession of a full UK driving licence
Most importantly, you'll share our belief that quality patient care always comes first.
Why Leightons?
We've been caring for patients since 1928 and remain proudly independent. With 37 unique practices, we combine clinical excellence with a genuinely personal approach that puts people at the heart of everything we do.
Join our Pulse Team and you'll enjoy the freedom of a mobile role, the support of an established business and the opportunity to make a difference in practices across your region.
Ready for a role with more variety, more flexibility and more opportunity?
Join Leightons as a Mobile Dispensing Optician and bring your expertise to the practices that need it most.
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and creating a workplace culture in which diversity and inclusion is valued and everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As part of our zero-tolerance approach to discrimination in any form, you and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Protected Characteristics).
Applicants who have been unsuccessful in the past 12 month should not reapply for the same job role
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