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Moorfields Eye Hospital is offering an exciting opportunity for a Pre-Registration Dispensing Optician in London. Join a leading eye care hospital where you will gain valuable experience, working under supervision to support patients in choosing spectacles, while contributing to an efficient dispensing service. With a supportive team and an array of benefits, this role is perfect for those pursuing a career in optics. Training and development opportunities are available to enhance your skills.
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, within the Spectacle Dispensing Department, for a Pre-Registration Dispensing Optician . This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join a leading hospital in eye care within the UK. You will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience and dispensing knowledge to help complete your portfolio and final year exams.
The main site for the Spectacle Dispensing Department is at City Road, but there may be opportunities to be able to work at some of the other Moorfields satellite locations. To enable us to offer a range of products we hold a wide range of frames from multiple suppliers and there will be opportunities to dispense various types of spectacles such as ptosis props, protective eyewear, tomato spectacles for babies or those with special facial characteristics and more!
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to be a member of the team and you will be expected to help towards the smooth, efficient running of the spectacle dispensing and manufacturing service while gaining experience in unusual/ complicated dispensing.
You must be currently registered with the GOC as a student, completing the ABDO Spectacle Dispensing course and have recently been working within the Optical industry.
The Pre- Registration Dispensing Optician will be required to always work under supervision. You will be required to help patients choose and dispense spectacles based on their facial features/ measurements and prescription requirements and to make relevant adjustments required. To provide a copy of the spectacles prescription to patients and when required issue a HESP optical voucher towards spectacles. You will also be required to deal with patients for collections/ adjustments/ queries and repairs, to check the fit and discuss relevant details on the patients return to the unit.
You will be required to transfer a prescription onto the spectacle dispensing IT system from clinical records with care and precision. Excellent administrative skills are required, including in the use of Microsoft applications such as Word/ Excel etc.
You will be expected to help with day-to-day tasks with the rest of the team. This includes answering patient phone/email queries in a positive manner, conducting the final checks on the newly manufactured spectacles for patients according to British Standards and always maintaining a clean and hygienic work environment for patient and staff safety.
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer: