Hospital Chaplain

Northampton General Hospital is situated in the centre of Northampton, serving the county of Northamptonshire. The Hospital Trust has over 900 beds with approximately 5,000 staff, and is renowned for being a good place to work. The Chaplaincy is valued by the whole hospital community in the diverse role which we have.

The Chaplaincy Department is seeking to appoint a Hospital Chaplain(part time) to join our team in order to meet the spiritual, religious and pastoral care needs of patients, relatives and staff.

Chaplains provide a 24/7 service and work closely with all professional healthcare teams, as well as with community colleagues and an active team of volunteers. The role is for a suitably qualified individual to work collaboratively with the Senior Chaplain and all members of the Chaplaincy Department to ensure the timely and appropriate response to referrals and requests for spiritual, religious and pastoral care support.

We aim to provide the best possible care for patients and staff, and the department has a spiritual calling to care for, support, encourage, nurture and provide for all patients across the Trust, especially in timesof crisis and at the end of life.

As a Hospital Trust we respect and rejoice in diversity and difference as reflected in our immediate local community Chaplains support individual and corporate wellbeing through visiting, active listening, pastoral counselling, end of life care, bereavement counselling and, when appropriate, through particular rituals of the faith community to which a person belongs.

a reflective practitioner.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Spiritual and Religious

To work with the Senior Hospital Chaplain in ensuring the delivery of religious, spiritual and pastoral care throughout the hospital community. They will work alongside other Chaplains, Chaplaincy Volunteers and members of staff.

To be a resource for the Trust and its staff as appropriate, or when directed.

To assist in the provision of public worship in the Multi Faith Prayer Room and on the wards.

To assist in providing special care to the seriously ill and dying and ministering to both patients and their families in immediate need.

Professional

To share fully in the departmental 24/7 ‘on-call’ duties, and to provide cover as appropriate. The on-call commitment will be on a pro-rata basis including weekend cover, which will be through a rotational basis. An offsite on-call response time of 30 minutes is expected.

To provide regular ward visits and to respond to requests /referrals within agreed time scales.

To maintain good relations with local clergy, and other outside agencies as appropriate; and assisting nursing staff when faith leaders/ ministers of different religions need to be contacted.

To be involved in the teaching programme of the Hospital Chaplaincy Department on issues of bereavement, spirituality, and chaplaincy.

To assist in the training, supervision, recruitment, and day to day work of the Hospital Chaplaincy Volunteers.

To observe the requirements of confidentiality both within and outside the hospital community.

To assist in the implementation of appropriate standards of service; to be conversant with the necessary hospital policies and guidelines ensuring that these standards are met.

To encourage innovation and change within the Department, and in the service offered; being proactive in audit, research, and reflective practice.

To assist in the provision of information to the public about the Chaplaincy Department through the Trust’s website.

To have IT and administrative skills as required.

To keep necessary records, and to provide information and reports when required.

Freedom to Act

Freedom to initiate any action within the Chaplaincy code of conduct.

Freedom to act independently within the boundaries of existing Trust,