Get to know your MoleMap melanographer

You may not have heard the term ​‘melanog­ra­ph­er’ before you came to MoleMap skin cancer clinics – and there’s a rea­son for that!

The name was actu­al­ly coined by us when the busi­ness was launched back in 1996. At the time, tele-der­ma­tol­ogy was rel­a­tive­ly new, and we want­ed a word that would reflect the spe­cialised role.

No, that’s a job for med­ical doc­tors and der­ma­tol­o­gists. The role of a melanog­ra­ph­er is to thor­ough­ly inspect the patient’s skin, and col­lect the images that a der­ma­tol­o­gist will look at more close­ly. The actu­al diag­no­sis is done from a biopsy.

Yes. Our melanog­ra­phers all have a health sec­tor back­ground – such as such as registered nurses and allied health professionals. This means they not only have a good under­stand­ing of the sci­en­tif­ic aspects of the job, but they’re also skilled at putting patients at ease.

Our education programs for melanographers are bespoke and have been designed to complement the needs of our diagnosing dermatologists over the last 25 years. We are pioneers in this field and have written programs for other professional external courses.

Each new melanographer must undergo an intensive training program and complete the Pathway to Melanography Certificate, and several external training development courses. They work under supervision until they complete their training programs and undergo ongoing audit and assessment programs until they are at a level to progress to the Advanced Practicing Certificate.

Our posi­tions are adver­tised on Seek in Aus­tralia and New Zealand. As MoleMap con­tin­ues to grow, we’re always look­ing for pas­sion­ate and moti­vat­ed staff (usu­al­ly reg­is­tered Nurs­es or Nurse prac­ti­tion­ers) to join us.

Got any oth­er ques­tions? We’ll be hap­py to answer them. Just email us at marketing@​molemap.​net.​au or call 1800 665 362.

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