About this role
Job summary
Salary: NHS Band 6 - £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annumContract:PermanentWorking Pattern: Part Time - 30 hours per week
Isle of Wight Hospital NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are excited to announce a permanent part time job opening for a Band 6 Chaplain. We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Chaplain to join and complement our existing Chaplaincy Team in providing appropriate empathetic, spiritual, pastoral, and religious care to our patients, their relatives and staff. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a very sensitive environment.
You will be joining a friendly and supportive team that work together to support patients and staff who are often dealing with difficult and challenging circumstance in their hospital journey. We value an active and visible presence of our Chaplaincy Team on our wards, ensuring that all patients and staff members have the opportunity to request and receive Chaplaincy support.This position requires candidates to be on-call as required. Additional payment will be provided for on-call duties performed outside of contractual hours.To qualify, you must be an ordained Anglican Priest, or a minister of a Free Church affiliated with Churches together in England, with at least two years of post-ordination experience.
Main duties of the job
1. To support the delivery of spiritual, pastoral and religious care to patients, relatives and staff with the chaplaincy team in line with national and local best practice guidelines.
2. To promote good communication and collaboration with all members of the team.
3. To be an active and visible presence on the wards and departments of the hospital.
4. To participate in provision of out of hours on call service.
5. As a member of the Patient Experience team actively contribute to the overall improvement of experience of care by people who use our services.
About us
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Job description Job responsibilities
1. To undertake appropriate duties as a Chaplain in the Chaplaincy Service; providing an out of hours on call service for the pastoral, spiritual, ethical and religious needs of patients, staff and visitors and, where applicable, students within the Trust. Under authority of the Head of Patient Experience, to work as part of the Chaplaincy Team, comprising of the Lead Chaplain, Chaplains, Chaplaincy Volunteers and Students.
2. To work as a Chaplain for the Trust to
Discern emotional and spiritual needs
Arrange appropriate response with available resources
Provide pastoral, religious, and spiritual support for patients, relatives and staff
To be a spiritual, pastoral and ethical religious resource
3. To conduct services of public worship or equivalent regularly in the Hospital, in accordance with their own religious tradition or belief system and ecumenically as required, and to administer faith community rites and to administer faith community rites and practices (or belief equivalent, including non-religious rites practices to patients on the wards, and to otherwise provide for people who are unable to remain in contact with their faith community. To serve the people of their own faith community if required. To conduct services including non-religious memorial services. To offer public prayer for the Trust on a daily basis.
For further details please refer to the Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree (or equivalent experience) with demonstrable learning such as counselling, pastoral care, psychology, psychotherapy or theology. Endorsement to practice as a healthcare chaplain by a recognised/established sponsoring faith community or belief group (including non-religious beliefs)
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 Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address NHS website
St Mary;s Hospital, Parkhurst Rd
Newport, Isle of Wight
PO30 5TG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)