About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative individual to work with our professional chaplaincy team, and our chaplaincy volunteers, to act as an advocate for pastoral and spiritual care within the Trust. They will need to be self-motivated, self-aware and able to provide spiritual sensitivity and compassion for patients, families, visitors, staff and students within the hospital community.
Main duties of the job
To be a chaplain within James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundations trust you will need to be prepared to work with a wide variety of people which will include; patients, their relatives and friends; staff and students; and visitors to the hospital.
Chaplains are expected to offer pastoral care regardless of cultural or faith tradition. They also offer spiritual care where appropriate and seek specialist spiritual care where it is not available within the chaplaincy team. Person centred care with integrity is an essential concept through which we can offer high quality spiritual care to everyone under the James Paget family.
Key links in the Paget pastoral chain will be working with, ward staff, the palliative care team, maternity bereavement support, bereavement services, the mortuary team, and the wellbeing team.
About us
The successful candidate will have experience of working alongside a range of faith and belief organisations (religious and non-religious), excellent interpersonal skills, ability to encourage others and the spiritual and emotional stamina required to carry out this demanding service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified degree level in theological studies.
- Eligible to be authorised by appropriate faith or belief group to practice as a healthcare chaplain (Ordination, licence, letter of authority etc.)
- Pastoral/ministry accreditation
- Evidence of knowledge of a range of religions and faiths.
- Registered or Eligibility to enable registration with the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplains (UKBHC)
Desirable
- Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma in Healthcare Chaplaincy in Healthcare chaplaincy (or equivalent relevant qualification/equivalent relevant experience in healthcare chaplaincy)
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Proven record of sustained pastoral experience.
- Significant experience of professionally supervised clinical practice as a healthcare chaplain that must include working with adult patients, end of life care, and on-call duties in an acute NHS hospital setting
- Experience of providing spiritual and pastoral care to a diverse population.
- Experience of working with people of different faiths, those with a life limiting illness and the bereaved.
- Team working across different denominations, faiths, clinical disciplines and with hospital management
- Experience of working with those experiencing trauma.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent knowledge of own and other faith or belief systems and their impact in healthcare settings.
- Excellent verbal and IT communication skills; including IT and keyboard skills - Familiarity with Microsoft office, cloud-based applications and the ability to learn new computer skills
- Ability to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team and to prioritise workload.
- Evidence of ability to train and supervise chaplaincy volunteers; and to make decisions within defined boundaries.
- bility work in, and support people, during crisis situations. To be able to debrief people following traumatic and crisis situations.
- Able to lead formal and informal public worship or facilitate for other religions e.g., Islam /Sikhism
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
James Paget University Hospital
Lowestoft Road
Gorleston
NR31 6LA
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)