Imam - Chaplain

We are recruiting for an Imam - Chaplain who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will work with and support all service users of all faiths and none.

You will also support, as a specialist, those of the Muslim Faith, leading or facilitating prayers (including Jumu'ah), sharing in the supervision of volunteers, and providing pastoral/ emotional care.

Previous experience of healthcare chaplaincy and the NHS is preferred.

Our Multi-Faith and Belief Team hold the highest standards for offering compassionate care to all whom we encounter.

We maintain the highest respect for each other’s Faith or Belief whilst at the same time remain truly committed to our own mature Faith or Belief

These values, alongside the Trusts overall values, ensure our focus is always to serve those around us.

Our Values areInclude,Respect, andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

We are looking for a highly motivated, knowledgeable, compassionate, and creative person who will be able to provide Spiritual Care for our service users.

Applicants will need to be excellent listeners and communicators, and have a non-judgemental, calm, and compassionate approach to all.

You will be expected to work within the latest NHS Chaplaincy Guideline and the Guidelines of the UKBHC, but not necessarily a registered* member.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

**We run the following hospitals**:

- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.