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Dispensing Optician
The closing date is 31 August 2025
An exciting job opportunity has arisen to join our eyecare team. This is a highly specialised role involving visits to educational settings for children with special educational needs. The successful candidate will have prior experience of dispensing optical appliances to children, be able to problem solve with creative thinking and be willing to travel.
Main duties of the job
* Assess children with special educational needs for the measuring and ordering of appropriate optical appliances
* Ordering of optical appliances, with consideration for any special facial or physical characteristics, and frame or lens suitability
* Verification of optical appliance orders to ensure that they are to the required specification
* Fitting, alteration and repair of glasses for these children in their educational setting
About us
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.
Job responsibilities
To provide a high quality optical dispensing service to children with special educational needs (SEN) in their educational setting including the measuring, ordering, fitting and repairing of items To liaise with other members of SEN eye care team (orthoptists and optometrists) for continuity of patient care To source adequate optical appliances at competitive prices from appropriate suppliers
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registration with GOC
* Safeguarding training
* Higher qualifications
Experience
* Experience dispensing with children
* Experience dispensing individuals with LD / SEN
* Experience working in a hospital environment
* Experience working in a school environment
Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate knowledge of adjustments expected when dispensing children
* Able to demonstrate knowledge of adjustments expected when dispensing individuals with physical or mental disability
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT
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£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata
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Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
370-PST6OPH-231
Job locations
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