Special School Dispensing Optician

SeeAbility; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Special School Dispensing Optician supporting young people's eye health across London schools. This role involves providing essential eye care services and collaborative support with an established team, ensuring high-quality care in a clinically focused environment.

Qualifications

• Full driving license and regular access to a car.
• Ability to attend multiple schools within the London region.

Responsibilities

• Managing clinics across your caseload, providing spectacle dispensing and follow-ups.
• Liaising with schools for clinic planning and responding to inquiries during holidays.

Skills

Communication

Patient Care

Team Collaboration

Job description

Join our Team as Special School Dispensing Optician

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, and 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 would work 4-5 school days (20-25 hours) during term time, managing clinics across your caseload, including diary management, ensuring high-quality care, and providing spectacle dispensing, repairs, and follow-ups. During school holidays, you will support the service manager by liaising with schools for clinic planning, parent consent, booking appointments, responding to enquiries, and providing staff training.

*Please see the attached job description for detailed information involving the role.

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 support, specialist eye care, and employment assistance to those with disabilities. We aim to enable people to live ambitious lives and achieve their potential.

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to safe recruitment practices, safeguarding, and protecting those we support. Employment is contingent upon criminal background checks, identity verification, health declarations, and satisfactory 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 certain provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to meet specific occupational requirements. We believe diverse teams foster innovation and success, and everyone's unique experiences are valued.