How to hire a medical esthetician

How to hire a medical esthetician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step medical esthetician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a medical esthetician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new medical esthetician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The medical esthetician hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   A medical esthetician's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, medical estheticians from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of medical estheticians.

   Type of Medical Esthetician	Description	Hourly rate
   Medical Esthetician	Skincare specialists cleanse and beautify the face and body to enhance a person’s appearance.	$12-29
   Skin Therapist	A skin therapist is a licensed professional who specializes in recommending and implementing treatments to improve skin health. Their responsibilities revolve around meeting with clients to identify their needs and skin conditions, conduct assessments and evaluations, suggest skincare products, and perform treatments such as hair removal, facial cleansing, and other techniques, ensuring client satisfaction... Show more	$9-20
   Laser Technician	A Laser Technician or photonic technician is a trained professional responsible for operating and keeping the laser equipment in place. An experienced individual knows about running and using laser devices for medical purposes: their responsibility is to assemble, test, recalibrate, and repair laser devices or actual lasers... Show more	$14-22

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Laser Hair Removal
   • Product Sales
   • Skin Care Products
   • IPL
   • Eyelash Extensions
   • Botox
   • Front Desk
   • Laser Treatments
   • Spa Services
   • Retail Products
   • Chemical Peels
   • Scheduling Appointments
   • PCA

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage the aesthetics department and perform consultations with patients regarding aesthetic and facial surgery procedures.
   • Assist the physician in daily dermatology medical practice involving surgery, Botox, laser, biopsies, and patient care.
   • Assist surgeon in administering collagen and botox.
   • Deliver informative education to patients regarding multiple skincare product lines and treatments/procedures offer within the medical practice.
   • Assist in the execution of special events, seasonal gift with purchase within Nordstrom and holiday programs.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your medical esthetician job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A medical esthetician can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, medical estheticians' average salary in indiana is 51% less than in washington.
   • Seniority. Entry-level medical estheticians 59% less than senior-level medical estheticians.
   • Certifications. A medical esthetician with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a medical esthetician's salary.

   Average medical esthetician salary

   $39,890yearly

   $19.18 hourly rate

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   Entry-level medical esthetician salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 12, 2026

4. Writing a medical esthetician job description

   A medical esthetician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a medical esthetician job description:

   Medical esthetician job description example

   USD150,000-USD200,000
   
   + Lead and oversee the North American business for all divisions (Medical Aesthetics, Rehab, Health, & others).
   
   + Define a sale and go to market strategy for each division in the USA and Canada.
   
   + Develop the US sales channels for the different divisions. Hire new reps, distributors or 1099´s.
   
   + Establishes sales goals to drive significant double-digit growth, increase market share and profitability of the North American region.
   
   + Set and evaluates the marketing strategy for the US in partnership with HQ team in Europe.
   
   + Manages a team of high-performing individuals and managers, provide informal and formal coaching in alignment with organizational objectives. Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary team of sales, marketing and training professionals. Leads by example.
   
   + Build a culture of customer-focused sales and training attitude.
   
   + Drive cross divisional understanding and respect with the aim to service the company's best interest.
   
   + Contribute to the corporate strategic planning, monitoring and reporting processes
   
   _MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants._
   
   + BS Degree
   
   + 10 years of Sales Management experience in the medical device ecosystem. Medical aesthetics is preferred.
   
   + Strong personal network of key opinion leaders (KOLs) and influencers within medical device industry.
   
   + Proven track record in business development / client partnership facing role within medical device healthcare industry.
   
   + "Self-starter" is a must. Entrepreneurial attitude with strong analysis skills, results-oriented and committed to fulfilling the company's objectives.
   
   + Ambitious and self-motivated individual. Eager for growth.
   
   + Excellent internal and external communication and relationship building skills.
   
   + Proactive team player, dynamic, creative, and innovative.
   
   We have been retained with a European-based OEM medical device company which emphasizes Radio-Frequency (RF) solutions for the aesthetics, physical rehabilitation, and other markets. The business currently has an award-winning portfolio of 20+ devices and is present in 60 + countries. This client has identified North America as a major growth market and is in search of a NA Head (VP) to lead its Commercial operations group in the region.
   
   + Competitive base salary.
   
   + Strong equity offered with a significant 3-5 year payout.
   
   + LTIs
   
   + Extremely capable medical device portfolio proven to be more efficient than competition.
   
   + Open to hiring up to full time remote, although the preference is in Boston (US HQ).
   
   + Fantastic bonus/commission incentive.
   
   + Excellent benefits package.
   
   + Visibility to Senior leadership - reporting to CEO with interface across the Board of Directors.
   
   + Pivotal role for company's aggressive expansion - early Sales hire directly responsible for expanding the company's strategic growth.
   
   + Responsible for launching new product to the US market which has launched this September.
   
   + Ownership of entire North American group with expectations to hire and scale the business across functions.

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5. Post your job

   To find medical estheticians for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any medical estheticians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level medical estheticians with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your medical esthetician job on Zippia to find and recruit medical esthetician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting medical estheticians requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new medical esthetician

   Once you've decided on a perfect medical esthetician candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new medical esthetician. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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