Beautician

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter is a state-of-the-art facility with a 5-Star CMS Quality Rating, equipped with 164-bed Skilled Nursing Facility and 201-bed Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) based in Harlem. Carter excels at providing quality medical, sub-acute, rehabilitative and long-term specialty services for individuals in need of medically-complex care like ventilator weaning. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies our ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnership.

From more than 600 Nursing Homes, Carter ranks #6 in Newsweek’s Best Nursing Homes in New York 2024; and also received a high-performance rating for Short-term Rehabilitation from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes in America 2024.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

Under supervision, provides hair cutting, hair styling and cosmetology and related services to patients in a health care setting beauty shop or in-patient care cases. Performs all work in accordance with all applicable state, federal and NYC Health + Hospitals guidelines and requirements.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

• Shaves, cuts and shapes hair of patients by trimming and tapering using clippers, scissors, razors and other hand or mechanical appliances.
• Styles, sets, combs out and curls hair of patients by hand or mechanical appliances.
• Shampoos hair and scalp with water, liquid soap or dry powder and rinses hair with water or prepared rinses.
• Permanently waves hair by application of lotions, waving solution or other preparations, winds hair around rollers or pin curls and finger waves hair by hand or mechanical appliances.
• Massages scalp and gives other hair and scalp conditioning treatments for hygienic or remedial purposes by hand or mechanical appliances.
• Applies make-up and other cosmetic to patient’s face to enhance appearance of patient.
• Provides manicure services, as requested.
• Provides wig care service for patients such as setting, styling, washing and cleaning.
• Positions patients for beauty treatments, wheels non-ambulatory patients in and out of beauty shop.
• Contacts floor to make appointments for patients and maintains records of treatments to patients.
• Cleans chairs, combs, scissors and cabinets. Sterilizes work-related tools and equipment and maintains sanitary conditions of beauty shop.
• Obtains, receives and stores records and safeguards equipment, materials and supplies and keeps records.
• Performs other related duties, as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid cosmetology license issued by the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS); and
• Knowledge of methods used in maintaining proper grooming of hair, knowledge of sanitary requirements in practice of hairdressing and cosmetology; knowledge of beauty culture equipment and supplies and skill in applying beauty and cosmetology techniques.

Department Preferences

How To Apply

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