Chaplain

• Working with the current team of Chaplains and Trust Chaplaincy Volunteers in extending the provision of care in challenging situations.
• Providing specialist knowledge and expertise in matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, experiences and practices.
• Sharing in daytime weekday duties which are from 8am to 4pm.
• Sharing in the out of hours on-call rota every day of the week.
• You will primarily at Frimley Park Hospital but be expected to work at other sites depending on operational demands.

Essential

• Leadership skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across faith and belief boundaries
• Working knowledge of faith and belief systems other than one's own, and the ability to apply this knowledge in a diverse context
• Skilled at designing, facilitating and leading services of worship in a wide variety of settings
• Digital and verbal communication skills desirable for effective communication of information within the organisation and with the public

Desirable

• Pastoral supervision skills
• Volunteer management skills
• Counselling skills

Essential

• Formal Theological Qualification or equivalent to degree level or equivalent.
• Endorsement for the role by a faith or belief group as defined by the Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health.

Desirable

• Registered as a Board-Certified chaplain with the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Member of the College of Health Care Chaplains and/or The Association for Hospice & Palliative Care Chaplains
• Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Qualification in Clinical Pastoral Education

Essential

• Substantial, recent pastoral experience in a local faith/belief community setting or equivalent
• Experience in facilitating rites and meeting spiritual needs according to service user's own faith/belief group
• Experience of training, supervising and managing volunteers
• Experience in the pastoral care of bereaved people
• Experience in the pastoral care of terminally ill people
• Experience in crisis work such as pastoral care following traumatic injury, death and major incidents
• Experience of collaborative working in a diverse multi-faith/belief setting

Desirable

• Experience of providing teaching on spiritual care to healthcare professionals
• Experience in Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Experience of pastoral care of staff under pressure
• Experience in the pastoral care of people bereaved of children and experience of death through pregnancy loss, still birth, and neonatal death.