Join our Team as Regional Special School Dispensing Optician Administrator
Location London school sites/ home
Salary £30,000 per annum with SeeAbility benefits + all professional fees + travel expenses
Hours Full Time (37.5 hours)
Contract Permanent
Start Date September 2025
Essential
Ability to attend multiple schools in your London region is required, as well as a full driving license and regular access to a car.
About You
This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time dispensing optician to work in a non-commercial, clinically challenging setting providing complex, creative, and often life-changing support with spectacles to young people as part of our NHS special school eyecare service. You will have your own caseload of London schools and will work collaboratively with our established eye care team, school staff, under the guidance of the service manager and clinical lead. Ability to attend multiple schools in your London region is required, as well as a full driving license and regular access to a car.
What will you be doing?
The successful candidate will work 4-5 school days (20-25 hours) during term time, managing clinics across your caseload, including diary management, providing spectacle dispensing, repairs, replacements, and follow-ups. During school holidays, you will support the service manager with clinic planning, liaising with schools, booking rooms, gaining parental consent, and providing eye care training to staff.
*Please see the attached job description for detailed information.*
About us
SeeAbility, formerly The Royal School for the Blind, is one of the UK's oldest disability charities, celebrating 225 years of pioneering support since 1799. We support people with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, and sight loss, providing person-centred services, specialist eye care, and employment support. We are committed to making a difference and supporting ambitious lives.
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We follow safe recruitment practices, including DBS checks, identity and right-to-work verification, health declarations, and references, all at our expense.
Diversity
We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including underrepresented groups and individuals with disabilities. Our roles are exempt from some aspects of the Equality Act 2010 to meet specific occupational requirements.
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