Dermatologist Specialist

Job Description

• Responsible in treating with respect and compassion and ensure compliance with current medical law and ethics.

• Educate patients to the right ways to achieve a healthy and attractive skin.

• Communicate with assistants and other team members to ensure therapies are being administered.

• Monitor the effectiveness of skin treatments and make necessary improvements or changes.

• Use appropriate techniques to diagnose and treat skin ailments.

• Diagnose and treat pigmented lesions such as common acquired nevi, congenital nevi, dysplastic nevi, Spitz nevi, blue nevi, and melanoma.

• Conduct complete skin examinations.

• Counsel patients on topics such as the need for annual dermatologic screenings, sun protection, skin cancer awareness, or skin and lymph node self-examinations.

• Record patients' health histories.

• Diagnose and treat skin conditions such as acne, dandruff, athlete's foot, moles, psoriasis, and skin cancer.

• Prescribe hormonal agents or topical treatments such as contraceptives, spironolactone, antiandrogens, oral corticosteroids, retinoids, benzoyl peroxide, and antibiotics.

• Recommend diagnostic tests based on patients' histories and physical examination findings.

• Refer patients to other healthcare specialist or practitioners or health resources as needed.

• Provide dermabrasion or laser abrasion to treat atrophic scars, elevated scars, or other skin conditions.

• Provide therapies such as intralesional steroids, chemical peels, and comodo removal to treat age spots, sun damage, rough skin, discolored skin, or oily skin.

• Evaluate patients to determine eligibility for cosmetic procedures such as liposuction, laser resurfacing, and microdermabrasion.

• Making sure to maintain records on all the patients as they come in handy for referral purposes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible in treating with respect and compassion and ensure compliance with current medical law and ethics.

• Educate patients to the right ways to achieve a healthy and attractive skin.

• Communicate with assistants and other team members to ensure therapies are being administered.

• Monitor the effectiveness of skin treatments and make necessary improvements or changes.

• Use appropriate techniques to diagnose and treat skin ailments.

• Diagnose and treat pigmented lesions such as common acquired nevi, congenital nevi, dysplastic nevi, Spitz nevi, blue nevi, and melanoma.

• Conduct complete skin examinations.

• Counsel patients on topics such as the need for annual dermatologic screenings, sun protection, skin cancer awareness, or skin and lymph node self-examinations.

• Record patients' health histories.

• Diagnose and treat skin conditions such as acne, dandruff, athlete's foot, moles, psoriasis, and skin cancer.

• Prescribe hormonal agents or topical treatments such as contraceptives, spironolactone, antiandrogens, oral corticosteroids, retinoids, benzoyl peroxide, and antibiotics.

• Recommend diagnostic tests based on patients' histories and physical examination findings.

• Refer patients to other healthcare specialist or practitioners or health resources as needed.

• Provide dermabrasion or laser abrasion to treat atrophic scars, elevated scars, or other skin conditions.

• Provide therapies such as intralesional steroids, chemical peels, and comodo removal to treat age spots, sun damage, rough skin, discolored skin, or oily skin.

• Evaluate patients to determine eligibility for cosmetic procedures such as liposuction, laser resurfacing, and microdermabrasion.

• Making sure to maintain records on all the patients as they come in handy for referral purposes.

Qualifications

• MBBS or MBChB or equivalent qualification from an accredited institution.

• Completion of specialty qualification as per the recognized Specialty certificate table.

• 3 years of extensive experience post qualification.

• Medical Board issued by the home country medical council.

• Licensed as a Dermatologist by Department of Health (DOH-Abu Dhabi)