Job summary
- Main area
- Dispensing Optician
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-SS-7292924
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Dispensing Optician
Band 6
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Full Time, 9 Month Fixed Term, Senior Dispensing Optician at Great Ormond Street Hospitals
We are looking for an enthusiastic optician experienced in working with children to be part of our busy and varied dispensing service. The Ophthalmology department prescribes spectacles for children of all ages and with a large variety of conditions, many of whom require specialist frames and lenses and will be required to provide a high standard of spectacle dispensing.
You must have a caring, sensitive approach and enjoy working with children and their families.
Main duties of the job
- To maintain and run an efficient specialist dispensing service to provide support to the ophthalmology department
- To provide a high standard of dispensing to children of all ages including those with complex dispensing needs
- To advise patients and their parents about appropriate lens forms and frames
- Fit, measure and order all types of spectacles for patients seen at GOSH including specialist frames and lenses
· Advise on all types of spectacles
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To carry out alterations to frames: cutting and repinning sides, changing pads or bridge.
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· To carry out the administration required to maintain the service
· To help the line manager with the management of the spectacles dispensing service.
· To continue to organise and maintain the dispensing rooms
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· To line manage the Dispensing Optician staff
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Our Always values
- Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- ABDO qualified Dispensing Optician and Registered with the General Optical Council
- Ongoing Continuing Education and Continuing Personal Development
Desirable criteria
- Paediatric dispensing qualification
- Management training and qualification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Paediatric dispensing experience
- Empathy with child-centred care
- Dispensing glasses with complex prescriptions
Desirable criteria
- Experience with complex frame dispensing
- Hospital experience
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Empathy with child-centred care
- Good communication skills (oral and written)
- Ability to work as part of a team in a multi-cultural framework
- Computing skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kieran Gissane
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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