Dispensing Optician Manager
About us
Radlett Opticians is a trusted, community-focused independent practice in the heart of Radlett, Hertfordshire. Due to increasing growth, we currently have a vacancy for a dynamic and enthusiastic dispensing optician manager to join our team.
The opportunity
This is a dual role combining hands-on patient care with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the practice. It would suit an individual with superb clinical and communicative skills who is looking to further their career by expanding their knowledge within a progressive, forward-thinking practice.
You'll be a visible presence on the consulting floor — advising patients, dispensing eyewear, and delivering the kind of personal service an independent practice is known for — while also providing the leadership that keeps the practice running smoothly behind the scenes.
We have prided ourselves on being leaders in innovative technology. Our current team have a variety filled day with contact lens teaches, dry AMD treatments, dry eye treatments and using advanced measuring equipment and bespoke spectacle dispensing.
We have a variety of suppliers; we mainly dispense Hoya, Essilor and Tokai lenses but we are happy to dispense any lens if it is right for the patient.
An opportunity to dispense Lindberg, Silhouette, Moscot, Face a Face, Ray-Ban and Oakley frames. We also stock Maui Jim, Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses.
What you'll do
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the practice, ensuring everything runs efficiently and to a high standard
- See to patients — dispensing frames and lenses, advising on optical solutions, and delivering an outstanding experience
- Lead, motivate, and support the wider practice team
- Collaborate closely with optometrists to ensure seamless patient journeys from start to finish
- Oversee stock, supplier relationships, scheduling, and compliance
- Help drive the continued growth and development of the practice.
What we're looking for
- GOC-registered dispensing optician — essential
- Dynamic, enthusiastic, and genuinely patient-focused
- Superb clinical skills with the confidence to handle a wide range of dispensing scenarios
- Excellent communicator — with patients, colleagues, and suppliers alike
- Natural leader who brings calm, positivity, and direction to a team
- Highly organised, with the ability to balance clinical and operational responsibilities
- Previous management or senior optical experience preferred.
Why Radlett Opticians?
- Growing but a very well-established practice
- Shape the role
- Close-knit team
- Hertfordshire location only four minutes’ walk from Radlett train station.
We're a practice that genuinely values its people and invests in their development. This is a role with real scope — an opportunity to grow your management skills while continuing to do the clinical work you love, in a practice that is highly awarded, with four national Optician Awards trophies.
Salary: £36,000 - £41,000
Five days a week inclusive of Saturdays hours: 9.15am - 5.45pm
If applying for this role, please mention that you saw the advert on the OT website.