Optician at Abuja Clinics

Responsibilities

• Fitting contact lenses and giving advice on their care and use;
• Taking frame and facial measurements to ensure correct fit and positioning;
• Interpreting optical prescriptions written by optometrists or ophthalmologists;
• Checking lenses on delivery to ensure that they meet the required specifications;
• Ordering lenses from prescription houses;
• Giving advice to patients on lens type, frames and styling;
• Arranging and maintaining shop displays;
• Advising partially sighted patients on the use of low vision aids;
• Advising patients when adjustments or repairs to spectacles are needed;
• Selecting, managing and ordering a range of optical products.

Requirements

• Must be an HND holder in the Dispensing Optician program
• Must have a minimum of 2 years experience
• Must possess a certificate of training (s) in optical laboratory technician.