Medical Technician/Hair Transplant Technician

Job Overview

Job Description

International Centre for Cosmetic Medicine Australia (ICCM)
Level 14, Park House, 187 Macquarie Street Sydney 2000 NSW

Full Time Medical Technician/Hair Transplant Technician
Salary: 120,000 + superannuation

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities
• Consistently provide the highest quality of service while upholding the Clinic’s Medical policies and procedures.
• Have Hair Transplant experience (2 years minimum).
• Experience in FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) procedures
• Have some Medical knowledge and understanding.
• Assist in pre-op preparation, maintaining a sterile environment and helping with safely disposing of instruments and materials postoperatively.
• Under the Hair Transplant surgeon’s guidance, the Hair Transplant Technician will be responsible for slivering, cutting, and planting grafts.
• Set up, removal, and maintenance of instruments, machine, and microscopes for FUE procedures
• Estimates size of donor site using densitometer along with nurses and prepares site for surgery
• Assists during surgery (removal of donor site) for FUE procedure
• Prepare and count grafts for placement manually using magnification and maintaining graft integrity throughout case
• Educates patient throughout the procedure
• Ensures patient is comfortable during procedure
• Monitors patients for pain and bleeding during case and reports to nurse
• Set-up equipment for graft placement and ensures grafts are handled and chilled appropriately
• Ensures counts are accurate
• Prepares scalp for placement of grafts
• Places grafts according to physician direction
• Must be able to function in a team environment

Education and Experience Required
• Highly experienced and trained in graft/follicular unit dissection. (min 2 years)
• Some experience in a clinical setting or allied health services.
• Knowledge of patient care principles and practices
• Minimum Diploma in health-related area