Chaplain

• Providing compassionate spiritual, religious and pastoral care to patients, relatives, staff and volunteers, regardless of faith, belief or background.
• Conducting worship services, facilitating prayer and reflection, and arranging religious rites and sacraments as required.
• Ensuring chaplaincy support is accessible throughout the Trust, including participation in a 24-hour on-call service for urgent pastoral needs.
• Offering bereavement support and guidance to families experiencing loss or significant life events.
• Supporting the spiritual wellbeing of staff and teams, including providing pastoral support during challenging situations.
• Leading, supervising and supporting chaplaincy colleagues, volunteers and bank chaplains, including involvement in recruitment, induction, appraisal and development activities.
• Working collaboratively with local faith leaders, community organisations and healthcare colleagues to ensure inclusive care for people of all faiths and beliefs.
• Contributing to the planning, development and continuous improvement of chaplaincy services across the Trust.
• Supporting service audits, research activities and quality improvement initiatives to enhance spiritual care provision.
• Assisting with budget management, preparing reports, contributing to Trust committees and helping to develop chaplaincy strategy.
• Supporting the Trust's response to major incidents and ensuring chaplaincy services are prepared to meet emergency and crisis situations.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of providing specialist spiritual, religious and pastoral care to patients, families, carers and staff within healthcare settings.
• Experience of facilitating religious rites(appropriate to your faith), prayers, blessings, sacraments, memorial services and acts of worship appropriate to patient needs, preferences and faith traditions.
• Experience of supporting staff wellbeing through pastoral care, reflective practice, remembrance services, critical incident support and periods of organisational change.

Desirable

• Experience of building and sustaining effective relationships with faith communities, community organisations and religious leaders to enhance patient care and support timely referrals.

Essential

• Sound knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality, consent, equality, diversity, inclusion and professional boundaries within healthcare practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of faith-specific requirements and the practical provision of multi-faith spiritual care.
• Knowledge of delivering education, presentations and training relating to spiritual care, religion, belief, bereavement and pastoral support.

Essential

• Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates an inclusive, culturally sensitive and non-judgemental approach to spiritual care.
• Flexible and responsive to changing clinical and organisational demands.