Work Health Professionals provide onsite skin screening programs in Perth and WA. We are experienced at managing large skin check programs for workplaces in Perth, remote sites and around regional WA.

Our skin screening practitioners are all accredited with the Certificate of Dermoscopy.

Any referral recommendations made during a skin screening assessment are personally followed up by each Practitioner.

Onsite workplace skin screening

Your workplace skin screening program will involve a thorough clinical assessment of your employees’ skin to ensure any suspicious spots are identified, documented and referred if suspicious. 

Onsite work skin cancer checks take 15 minutes per person. All you need to do is provide a private well-lit room; we do the rest!

Your skin check program

Your comprehensive workplace skin check program includes:

  • 15-minute full body skin assessments using Dermoscopy
  • Detailed referrals for suspicious spots and personal follow-up by the Practitioner
  • 1:1 education on how to check for and monitor any identified moles to prevent skin cancer
  • Advice specific to the individual’s skin type and working safely outdoors
  • Personal follow-up by the Practitioner for any referrals made on the day
  • An online appointment booking and reminder system
  • Clinic based skin screens (metro only) available for those who can’t make your onsite program

What if a suspicious spot is found?

During the onsite skin screen, if a lesion is found on an employee’s skin that requires referral, they will be given a detailed referral sheet and time frame (based on severity of the lesion) in which they should see their Dr or Specialist.

Follow Up

Our Practitioner will follow up to see if those referred have actioned their referral, and provide any further advice or support. We can also assist those in Regional WA areas where referral options can be more limited.

Online program management

Our online appointment booking system ensures easy program management. Email/SMS appointment reminders and follow-ups are sent to all participants

We do all the back-end work, you just review the appointment lists!

Company Skin Cancer Screening report

Your Company skin screening report allows you to best manage your workers’ sun exposure risks, identify areas for further education and to support your organisation’s ‘Duty of Care’ under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984.  

As the Employer, you will receive a detailed company Skin Cancer Screening report outlining:

  • demographics
  • employee compliance with sun safety measures and PPE
  • the number of employees that have been referred
  • the number and severity of lesions found.
  • recommendations based on employee feedback and conversations

For confidentiality, no names will be used in the report.

The Skin Screening Report is to help you, the employer, support your employees through education and awareness. It is a display of your Duty of Care,  and can also provide a measure for this type of health promotion initiative. Outdoor workers should be taught to regularly look at their skin for suspicious spots. It is important that they know what their skin looks like normally so changes will be noticed. See more in the Skin Cancer and Outdoor Work – a Guide for Employers

Online booking system

  • easy to use online booking system
  • email and SMS reminders 24hrs prior to appts
  • we can provide you with admin. access to monitor bookings, as required

Skin screening equipment

Our screening practitioners are all accredited with the Certificate of Dermoscopy.  This enables them to expertly use a Dermatoscope to help identify if a mole or spot is harmless or at risk of being cancerous.

It is important to note that as this is a screening service we cannot provide a diagnosis.  Importantly we refer individuals with suspicious spots to a doctor who can make a diagnosis and begin management if required.

Any employees referred during their skin check will be followed up by the nurse at 2 and 4 weeks.

Skin checks around WA

We visit work sites, project camps, maintenance depots, workshops or offices around Perth, or on a FIFO basis around WA. In some cases, planning your skin screening in Perth to coincide with team meetings, conferences or workshops presents an ideal opportunity to pull together employees who work on the road or are more geographically dispersed.

Due to Melanoma being “Australia’s Cancer”, employee skin screening or workplace skin checks have become an important and popular Health and Wellbeing initiative for small and large organisations. 

Outdoor workers are at increased risk from skin cancer and sun damage to the eyes. This is especially true for workers in Perth and WA.

Melanoma

Did you know that melanoma of the skin is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in males (after prostate and bowel cancer) and females (after breast and bowel cancer) in Australia. In 2016, there was an estimated 13,280 new cases of melanoma diagnosed in Australia, killing approximately 1,770 people.

In 2018, a world-first study led by University of Sydney found that Australians aged 18-40 years who were regular users of sunscreen in childhood reduced their risk of developing melanoma by 40 percent, compared to those who rarely used sunscreen.

Melanoma is the most common cancer diagnosed in Australian men aged 25-49 years and second most common cancer in women aged 25-49 years, after breast cancer. Approximately two in three Australians will be diagnosed with melanoma or other types of skin cancer by the time they are 70 years old.

Cancer Council Australia have put together an excellent guide to Understanding Skin Cancer. This can be a useful resource for your Heath and Wellbeing tool kit.

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