Oasis Healthcare Group Limited is Kenya’s first and largest countrywide fully-integrated private healthcare system, registered in October 2015 and born out of the Oasis Group Practice model of health services provision to harmonize the various companies & facilities existing across the country under the Oasis umbrella.
We currently have facilities in the following counties: Kisii, Nyamira, Migori, Homa Bay, Siaya, Uasin-Gishu, Kitui, Nairobi, Kakamega, Bungoma and Busia
We are currently looking for a qualified and dedicated candidate to fill the following position;
Position Title: Optician
Location: Siaya / Kisii
Overall Responsibility: The successful candidate will recommend specific eyewear, take measurements, fit and adjust glasses, and teach customers to properly wear and care for their glasses or contact lenses.
Key Responsibilities:
- Obtaining patient prescriptions from optometrists and ophthalmologists.
- Taking customer information and measurements of the ocular area.
- Recommending frames or contact lenses that suit the customer’s style, face, and specifications.
- Adjusting and fitting frames according to the prescriptions and customer’s specifications, as well as to suit the customer’s face.
- Preparing work orders for the optical technicians to use to manufacture the lenses.
- Using specialized equipment, such as calipers, lensometers, and lens gauges.
- Keeping inventory on frames and contact lenses to ensure product variety and customer satisfaction.
- Repairing broken frames.
- Educating customers on how to wear and maintain glasses and contact lenses.
- Performing administrative duties, such as managing prescriptions, customer records, and insurance.
- Any other duties as may be assigned
Job Qualifications & Skills
- Certificate in optical technology
- Degree or diploma in Optometry will be an added advantage
- Previous professional experience as an optician
- Confident and articulate.
- Good organization and administrative skills.
Application Instructions
Interested candidates to email their cover letter and detailed curriculum vitae ONLY; including names and contacts of three references, to hr@oasishealthcaregroup.com on or before 17th February, 2023.
The email subject line MUST include position title and Vacancy number being applied for e.g., “OPTICIAN”
Canvassing of any nature will lead to automatic disqualification.