Chaplain

The Chaplaincy Team at the Countess of Chester Hospital is seeking to appoint a part-time Christian Chaplain (ordained) with some experience in Healthcare Chaplaincy.

Applicants must display a passion for pastoral care, be highly motivated with good interpersonal skills.

The Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care Team at The Countess contributes to the Holistic care of patients, relatives and friends by seeking to address their spiritual and religious needs. The Chaplaincy also supports staff and acts as a resource for them.

The post will require a commitment of 15 hours per week, the days and times of working to be negotiated, to include a regular commitment to and participation in the 24/7 ‘on call’ rota and Sunday Services. A willingness to be flexible in working hours will be necessary.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.