First off, know your state guidelines because in certain states, such as Florida, RNs cannot inject at all. Only providers (NP, PA and Physicians can).
In other states, such as here in Colorado, RNs can inject with a Physician Medical Director overseeing them or in some cases a Nurse Practitioner Medical Director.
In general it’s very competitive to get a job in this field. I get at least one email or DM every few days from nurses looking for a job or asking how to get into aesthetics.
I usually ask what experience they have and 9/10 times they have none and have done nothing to try to get any. Maybe they have applied for a few jobs but that is it.
I usually tell them to take some classes so they have something to put on their resume. Show that they’re interested and willing to put in the work.
It’s a huge investment training a nurse in this specialty and half the people want training so they can go start their own thing. As a business owner why would I spend my time and money to train someone that is already planning on leaving before they even start? If I am going to invest in someone they need to show they are willing to invest in themselves first and want to be part of a great team.
How/why I hired my nurse Molly:
Molly had 3 years of nursing experience in Women’s Health and had graduated cosmetology school many years before. She decided she wanted to get into aesthetics and took an injection course BEFORE she started applying to jobs. I had a posting out for a medical assistant and Molly applied. I let her know that I would love to have a RN at some point but that this position was just for an assistant.
She said she would be my assistant first if I might be willing to take her under my wing and train her later. She said, “I’ll be your assistant, answer the phones, clean up; whatever you need me to do if you’ll give me a chance and train me as an injector in the future”. She even said she would be an assistant for a full year and would sign a 2-year contract to stay post training if needed.
Needless to say, I hired Molly. Molly was my assistant for 3-months and we treated it like an apprenticeship for her to shadow and learn how I do things while assisting. Then we started doing some hands on training with her. Now she is injecting one day a week and building her clientele while being my assistant the other days and continuing to learn.
THAT is how you get a job and get training as a Nurse Injector.