Position Summary: Provides resident-centered beauty and grooming services; including hairstyling, cuts, shaves, color, and perms to promote dignity, self-esteem, and emotional well-being. Supports resident participation in group programs, one-on-one engagement, special events, and outings while maintaining safe and sanitary service delivery in compliance with regulatory standards.
Critical Tasks:
- Provides professional salon services to support and enhance dignity, self- esteem, qualify of life and comfort.
- Encourages self-expression by valuing resident choices of personal style.
- Maintains exclusive focus on residents and their individual needs.
- Actively listens to residents for ideas they suggest and/or feedback provided.
- Maintains a highly clean working environment in compliance with all policies and infection control procedures.
- Keeps salon organized and creates a welcoming relaxing environment for the residents.
- Escorts or assists residents safely to and from the salon and activities and outings.
- Encourages resident participation in daily programs and social engagement.
- Provides individualized one-on-one engagement based on care plans.
- Assists residents in preparing residents for special events and holidays as needed.
- Assists with group programs, set-up, ordering supplies, and clean-up.
- Documents services provided, to include residents participation along with providing feedback from observations in residents records in Electronic Health Record system.
- Accompanies residents on community outings and assists with purchases.
- Suggests new programs and improvements based on resident interests.
- Organizes activity areas to ensure accessibility and safety.
- Monitors resident comfort and safety during activities.
- Complies with all regulatory standards and privacy requirements.
- Respects resident cultural, ethnic, and religious preferences.
- Assists with scheduling, communication and promoting salon services for residents.
- Demonstrates ability to clearly communicate, both orally and in writing, while performing all essential functions.
- Reports changes in residents condition promptly to supervisors or nursing staff.
- Suggest new ideas to Activity Director to enhance salon services provided to residents.
- Performs other assigned duties.
Required Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
- Current AZ Cosmetology license required
- Current CPR/AED
- Current and valid AZ Department of Public Safety Fingerprint Clearance Card required
- 1-3 years of experience with elderly or medically fragile residents
- Healthcare or long-term care experience preferred
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills