Spiritual Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity for a Spiritual Care Coordinator to come and join the Marie Curie team at our Cardiff hospice

**Title**: Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Coordinator

**Hours/Contract**:22.5 hours per week

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Based**:Marie Curie Cardiff & Vale Hospice, Penarth

**Closing date**:2nd July 2023

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Patient and Family Support Team at Marie Curie Hospice in Penarth. The role is part of the wider Allied health Professionals team consisting of Physiotherapists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation Tech, an Activities Coordinator, and Counsellors providing care and support to people and their families with palliative care needs, pre and post bereavement.

You will be working as part of the MDT to provide religious support and pastoral care to patients, families, and staff members both within the hospice, Wellbeing and Support Hub and the communities we serve.

The post holder will be required to develop student and volunteer opportunities within the organisation and provide supervision to these.

You will need to be a confident communicator and calm decision maker; you’ll need experience and knowledge in palliative/ end of life care and bereavement. The ability to prioritise your work, whilst juggling a variety of changing demands, is vital.

Ability to travel across the locality will be required, therefore the ability to drive with appropriate business insurance is essential.

Please see job description for further details and requirements.

**What’s in it for you**:

- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Working

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We’re a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it’s our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.