Specialist Palliative Care Services Volunteer Hairdresser

• NHS Tayside (Angus)

• VO100271

The Volunteer Hairdresser will provide a hairdressing service for Day Services patients in the Macmillan unit who have been assessed as someone who would require and are appropriate for this service by the Multi Disciplinary Team/ Complementary Therapy Co-ordinator . Bases are Arbroath (Tuesday), Whitehills (Wednesday) or Stracathro (Thursday)

Core Duties include:

• To provide a one-to-one service to patients.

• To liaise with nursing staff about referrals.

• To complete documentation as required.

• Volunteer must be qualified Hairdresser or under supervision of a qualified hairdresser

• To wear an ID badge at all times while on duty.

• Respecting confidentiality, maintaining the persons dignity and comply with the NHS Tayside Confidentiality Policies.

• To comply with NHS Tayside volunteering policies and guidelines.

• To be aware of and comply with NHS Tayside policies relevant to the role eg Health & Safety, Infection Prevention Control, Social Media etc.

• To feed back any concerns regarding the wellbeing of patients to nursing staff in the first instance.

• To attend mandatory training as required.

These are the primary core duties of a Volunteer Hairdresser; however certain activities can be changed or amended to suit requirements, under the supervision of the Multi Disciplinary Team.

Experience required

Hairdressing experience required

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