About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced healthcare chaplain with a track record of providing spiritual, pastoral and religious care (SPaRC) in an NHS healthcare setting. This role will involve supporting the development, delivery and implementation of the Trust's Spiritual Care Policy.
You will be a Trust resource providing specialist knowledge and expertise on matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, pastoral and ethical issues. You will always seek to uphold the Trust values of Excellent, Kind and Together.
This role requires working across the Trust in clinical and non-clinical areas with patients, staff and visitors. It includes responding to referrals and being a proactive presence on the wards. You will provide a flexible, responsive service of spiritual, pastoral, and religious care to patients, visitors and staff whatever their beliefs, culture or lifestyle.
Working as a team; with your Chaplaincy colleagues, alongside internal Trust staff and with external faith and belief communities you will provide high quality SPaRC care.
As part of the 24/7 provision that the Chaplaincy Service provides you will work across a 7 day a week rota providing an on-site chaplaincy presence; (core hours 08:30-16:30) with emergency out of hour on-call; (16:30-08:30) from home.
Main duties of the job
The chaplain supports the development, delivery and implementation of the Trust's Spiritual Care Policy which provides spiritual, pastoral and religious care to patients, staff and visitors of UHNM Trust.
The Chaplain provides high quality pastoral, spiritual and religious care to service users of all faith and beliefs.
The Chaplain provides specialist knowledge and expertise in matters relating to spiritual and religious beliefs, experiences, practices and ethical issues.
The chaplain contributes to a high quality of bereavement care being provided by the Trust.
The chaplain supports the development of sustainable and creative relationships between their own faith/belief community and the UHNM Trust.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more detail. Contact the Chaplaincy service with any questions.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
In good standing with a faith or belief group as defined by the Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health.
Essential Essential
Appropriately authorised, licensed, or commissioned for the role of healthcare chaplain. Bachelor's Degree level or higher in Theology or Pastoral Care or other relevant discipline. Evidence of Continuing Personal Development (CPD). Postgraduate certificate or diploma in healthcare chaplaincy or enrolled on this training. oAt least five years of experience of employment as an NHS healthcare chaplain.
Desirable
Registered as a Board-certified chaplain with the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy.
essential Essential
Working knowledge of faith and belief systems other than one's own, and the ability to apply this knowledge in a diverse context in a health care setting. o Digital and verbal communication skills desirable for effective communication of information within the organisation and with the public. oAble to meet the transport demands of the role and respond to emergency on calls with 1 hour response time, including lone working with access to suitable transport.
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.
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Employer details Employer name University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)