About This Role
This nursing role focuses on supporting doctors during aesthetic treatments and clinical procedures, ensuring patient safety and adherence to strict hygiene protocols. It suits a nurse who is meticulous about patient care, record-keeping, and maintaining clinical standards.
Responsibilities
- Prepare treatment rooms, equipment, and consumables before procedures
- Assist doctors during aesthetic treatments and clinical procedures
- Maintain patient records, consent forms, treatment notes, and medical history
- Follow strict hygiene, sterilization, and infection-control protocols
- Monitor patients before, during, and after treatments
- Explain pre-treatment and post-treatment care as directed by the treating doctor
- Maintain stock of clinical supplies and check expiry dates of medicines and consumables
- Perform IV procedures only by appropriately qualified and authorized healthcare professionals, under the required medical supervision and applicable clinical protocols
- Verify patient identity, medical history, allergies, current medications, vital signs, and the doctor's prescription
- Ensure informed consent is obtained and the treatment plan is documented
- Perform hand hygiene, use appropriate PPE, prepare the prescribed solution and sterile equipment, and verify the product, dose, expiry, and compatibility
- Establish IV access and administer the prescribed infusion according to approved clinical protocols and the nurse's authorized scope of practice
- Monitor the patient for discomfort, swelling, redness, breathing difficulty, dizziness, allergic reactions, or other adverse events
- Remove the IV cannula when clinically appropriate, apply a dressing, dispose of sharps safely, and document the procedure
- Stop the infusion when a serious reaction is suspected, activate the clinic's emergency response, and arrange urgent medical care as required
- Administer IV vitamins, glutathione, and other wellness infusions only after appropriate medical assessment and prescription, where required
- Maintain emergency equipment and a documented escalation protocol
- Verify the doctor's treatment plan before beginning any procedure
- Check patient consent, allergies, contraindications, and relevant clinical history
- Prepare and maintain sterile or appropriately disinfected equipment
- Assist with procedures such as chemical peels, laser treatments, skin rejuvenation, and injectables only within the nurse's qualifications and authorized scope
- Provide post-treatment instructions and arrange follow-up as directed
- Record treatment details, products used, batch numbers where applicable, and any adverse reactions
