Dermatology and Healthcare Assistant - London, United Kingdom - The London Skin and Hair Clinic

The London Skin and Hair Clinic
The London Skin and Hair Clinic
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Job Summary:


The Dermatology and Healthcare Assistant plays a key role in ensuring that "trusted experience is delivered with outstanding service" at The London Skin and Hair Clinic, Medical Dermatology clinic.

We are currently recruiting for this role and a Lead Dermatology Healthcare Assistant. The details for the additional tasks for the lead role are at the bottom of the job description. If you are called for a telephone interview, please state if you are interested in the lead role.

As a DHCA in our clinically-led service, you'll be providing high quality, patient focused pathological care.

Your role will include assisting Dermatologists with outpatient surgical procedures, dressing change and suture-removal, blood-taking, PDT, phototherapy, patch-testing, samples management, post-procedure patient follow-up and patient support, as well as note taking and other supportive documentary evidence taking, like photos, to record the patients progress through the treatment period.

This role does not provide aesthetic or cosmetic services and is medical based dermatology. Those looking for a career in aesthetics would not suit this role.


Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any or all of the items in the following list.

Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Practice Manager, dependent on current and evolving clinic workload and priorities:


  • To demonstrate good clinical practice at all times and to be accountable for own actions.
  • Assist in the organisation of clinics to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
  • Ensure equipment is in good working order and maintain accurate records of patient care.
  • Organise diagnostic tests and appointments both within and outside the clinic.
  • Set up theatre for dermatology procedures (including biopsies, excisions, cautery, cryotherapy, photodynamic therapy injections), ensuring a sterile field is maintained for patient safety.
  • Follow infection control and waste management procedures keep theatre clean and tidy at all times and manage deepclean and MRSA protocols.
  • Support Dermatologists during procedures following sterile / nonsterile area protocol.
  • Assist Dermatologists as a Chaperone in line with the clinic Chaperone policy.
  • Manage patients post procedure, including advice for wound management and scar minimisation.
  • Manage specimens and samples, ensuring all paperwork is filled out correctly.
  • Process pathology results (blood tests, swabs, urine, biopsies, IMF) including tracking results and providing to Dermatologists for communicating results.
  • Manage the theatre log.
  • Ensure theatre and trolleys stocked and work with Practice Manager to reorder supplies.
  • Remove sutures and perform wound checks and dressing changes.
  • Provide patient support post procedure including calling all patients day after procedure.
  • Prepare intralesional triamcinolone for injecting under the guidelines set by the Clinical lead.
  • Prepare botulinum toxin for injecting for medical treatment including hyperhidrosis under the guidelines set by the Clinical lead. [This role is not involved in the delivery of aesthetic treatments or services]
  • Administer intralesional triamcinalone injections to patients of the clinic for the treatment of alopecia areata and acne cysts. Patients to have been seen by a clinic Dermatologist, diagnosed and approved for treatment prior to having these injections.
  • Undertake photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatment of patients for superficial BCCs and actinic keratosis (field treatment). Patients to have been seen by a clinic Dermatologist, diagnosed and approved for treatment prior to treatment.
  • Administer injections of vaccines for patients who have had a consultation by one of the clinic Dermatologist who have approved the patient for injections.
  • Take and record weight, height, blood pressure measurements, pregnancy tests and dipstick assessment (urine) of patients as directed by the clinic Dermatologists.
  • Take blood (phlebotomy) for patients needing bloodtests in accordance with the tests requested by the clinic Dermatologists.
  • Provide admin support as directed by Practice Manager.
Personal qualities, Skills and Experience

  • Previous experience in dermatology useful but not essential.
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Phlebotomy training, certification and at least one years practical experience required:


  • Experience working within an outpatients department and assisting in theatre is essential:
  • Phototherapy experience preferred but not essential
  • Basic I.T. skills (understanding of Microsoft Office particularly Word and Excel.
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
  • As this post involves working with children and vulnerable adults in the course of daily duties it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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