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Job summary

Main area
Beauty/Hairdressing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
186-085-25-FS
Employer
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Rampton Hospital
Town
Rampton
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/02/2025 23:59

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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Hairdresser/Barber/Beauty Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

The post is situated within the Forensic Division and located in a High Secure Hospital setting. The post holder will work within the Hair Salons and on the wards, providing a Hairdressing and Beauty service for the individual patients within the hospital working as part of a small team. The role entails the individual to work independently, use their own initiative and to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team contributing to the assessment, treatment and discharge planning of high risk patients in high secure care.

Main duties of the job

·       Trained to NVQ Level III in hairdressing/barbering or equivalent or equivalent experience, GCSE/GCE or equivalent in English.

·       Ability to plan and prioritise own workload and the work of others, manage own time effectively under supervision.

·       To work under the direction and leadership of registered professional undertaking duties as requested and delegated.

·       Good general educational background, effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills

·       Experience of liaising with other departments and services and professional colleagues

·       Ability to set and maintain appropriate professional boundaries

·       Significant experience and positive attitude of working with high risk mentally disordered offenders. To have a basic understanding of the different types of mental illness and maintain an understanding and caring approach.

·       Significant experience of developing and delivering pre-engagement therapeutic programmes

·       Skilled at interpersonal relationships with service users

·       Adaptability, flexibility good time management skills

·       Self-Motivated

·       Recording of statistical information e.g. Attendance records

·       Basic IT skills to include word and email.

·       Maintain high levels of cleanliness in line with infection prevention and control guidelines.

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Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details


Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Trained to NVQ Level III in Hair dressing/barbering or equivalent.
  • GCSE/GCE or equivalent in English
Desirable criteria
  • Other relevant Hairdressing & Beauty qualifications, and other alternative therapies.
  • Training in specific hairdressing techniques including Afro-Caribbean and Barber designs

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Up to date with current knowledge of hair requirements

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Up to date with current skills relating to hair requirements
Desirable criteria
  • Afro-Caribbean Hairdressing and Barbering. Waxing Alternative Therapies

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kate Asquith
Job title
Beauty Therapist • Hairdresser Cosmetologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01777248321
Additional information

Tichaona Munyaradzi 

[email protected]

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