Dispensing Optician: Sponsorship Available

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Dispensing Optician at Great Ormond Street Hospital. 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. The successful candidate must have a caring, sensitive approach and enjoy working with children and their families.

Working Pattern:

  • 0.4 WTE (Mondays and Tuesdays)

Main duties of the job

  • To take accurate facial measurements in order to make special frame adjustments for chidren with all types of ocular, facial and head shape abnormalities
  • To order appropriate frames from measurements and deal with the companies manufacturing the frames
  • To carry out alterations to frames: cutting and repinning sides, changing pads or bridge
  • Good communication with children of all ages
  • Communication with parents and other health professionals regarding child’s vision in relation to their spectacles
  • Specialist training in fitting spectacles for children with all types of ocular, facial and head shape abnormalities
  • To help the line manager with the management of the dispensing of spectacles
  • To carry out the administration required to maintain the service

Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • Our Always values
  • Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • Registered with the General Optical Council
  • Ongoing Continuing Education and Continuing personal Development

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Paediatric dispensing experience
  • Empathy with child-centred care
  • Dispensing glasses with complex prescriptions

Desirable

  • Hospital experience

Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Empathy with child-centred care
  • Good communication skills (oral and written)
  • Computing skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to work in a multi-cultural framework

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

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