Responsibilities:
- Assessing patients skin diseases, conditions, and ailments to determine appropriate treatment
- Prescribing medication and creating treatment plans, referring patients for surgery where necessary
- Monitoring patient progress
- Assessing and updating patients medical history, including keeping a record of patients symptoms
- Informing and educating patients on available treatments and preventative skincare
- Referring patients to specialists in other fields
- Keeping up to date with new medical procedures, topics, and scientific studies by attending seminars, conferences, and training programs
- Adhering to infection-control policies and protocols to protect patients and employees
Skills and qualifications
- Excellent attention to detail during consultations with patients and reviewing medical records
- Effective interpersonal skills within the medical team and also with patients
- Manual dexterity to examine the skin, apply treatments, and perform minor surgeries
- Strong clinical diagnostic skills
- Commitment to a high standard of care through the promotion and maintenance of skin health
- Capable of multitasking and working diligently in a fast-paced work environment
