# Dermatology Surgical HCA

**Company**: 18 Week Support Limited
**Location**: London
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £250 a day
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are currently seeking experienced Dermatology Surgical Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) to support weekend insourcing clinics, helping deliver NHS waiting list initiatives across a range of dermatology services.

This is an excellent opportunity to join experienced teams delivering high-quality patient care within busy outpatient settings, supporting clinicians and patients throughout their clinic journey.

**Main duties of the job**

Responsibilities include supporting with:

- Pre-operative assessment

- Preparing for dermatological surgery

- Intra-operative assistance, including:

- Assisting the dermatologist, dermatological surgeon or other clinician during procedures such as skin biopsies, excision of skin lesions, curettage and cautery, punch biopsies, minor skin cancer procedures, and Mohs surgery

- Maintaining aseptic technique and a safe sterile field

- Handling instruments and specimens appropriately

- Monitoring the patient's condition and providing reassurance throughout the procedure

- Recognising and responding promptly to complications

- Specimen management

- Post-operative care

- Patient education and support

- Medicines and local anaesthetics

- Documentation and clinical governance

- Team working

**About us**

- Flexible weekend scheduling to suit your availability

- Work alongside highly experienced dermatology clinicians and nursing teams

- Professional, well-organised working environment

- Patient-centred service model with efficient clinic support

- Competitive remuneration for your expertise and time

- Opportunity to contribute meaningfully to reducing patient waiting times

**Requirements**

To be considered, you must:

- Have recent, hands-on experience supporting dermatology theatres

- Have been actively undertaking this work for at least 6 months within the past 12 months

You will also have:

- Experience working as a Healthcare Assistant within an NHS dermatology theatre setting

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Organisational skills and attention to detail

- A patient-focused approach with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

## Skills

### Required
- dermatology theatres
- NHS dermatology theatre setting
- communication and interpersonal skills
- organisational skills
- patient-focused approach

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