Chaplain & Deputy Head of Chaplaincy

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and one of the largest trusts in the NHS. It has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and 15,000 employees. In the heart of the East End of London, the area provides a rich blend of cultural, religious and spiritual diversity offering a wonderful opportunity to discover, learn and network with other faith communities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible colleague committed to working within a multi-faith chaplaincy team across our group of hospitals to provide management support to the chaplaincy team and provision of religious, spiritual and pastoral care to patients, their relatives and staff. The duties of the post will include being the deputy to the Head of Chaplaincy, to share the management of chaplains within the team as allocated by Head of Chaplaincy, to manage a six-weekly rota of chaplains across all sites, to oversee the on-call rota across sites, to collate monthly data input from various sites and making provision for the specific spiritual needs of the community within Barts Health NHS Trust.

You will need strong personal and spiritual qualities, as well as considerable energy and initiative. You should have good interpersonal and communication skills and be a proven team worker, willing and able to build good working relationships within the team and beyond, particularly with people from other faith communities, local clergy and voluntary community agencies.

Management experience is desirable, along with proven capability to work collaboratively with those who you may disagree with.

Main duties of the job

To be the deputy to the Head of Chaplaincy and to support the Head of Chaplaincy to deliver and improve the chaplaincy service. As a leader and role model, work collaboratively with Head of Chaplaincy and other members of the chaplaincy team to offer spiritual, pastoral and religious care to patients, their relatives and staff within the Trust.

To be a part of the Chaplaincy Team to ensure that patients and visitors receive high-quality, effective pastoral, spiritual, and religious care. To increase staff awareness of the importance of spiritual care and to extend their knowledge through the provision of training and other related events. To be open to, and informed about, the spiritual and ethical concerns of staff arising from their work.

To ensure that patients, relatives, staff and students requiring religious, pastoral and spiritual care from the post-holder’s own faith tradition receive appropriate attention and care, and that prompt referrals are made to other chaplains and faith/belief representatives when requested.

This post incorporates a Trust-wide responsibility for the pastoral, spiritual, and religious care of patients to be shared with other chaplains and volunteers. In other words, generic pastoral care will be offered to all who require support. Spiritual care and support to the bereaved will also be an essential part of the role.

Responsibility for managing an agreed number of staff, volunteers and respondingto emergency on-call requests is also integral to the post.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

“We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

To have experience of managing people or service Hospital/hospice chaplaincy experience Experience in ordained ministry (or equivalent)

Qualifications

Essential criteria

An authorised faith leader with spiritual, religious leadership experience (or equivalent work with the community) First degree in Theology or equivalent level of knowledge gained through theological formation Registered with UKBHC or eligible for membership

Desirable criteria

On-going academic study relating to pastoral care. Pastoral Care/Counselling qualification/training

Knowledge

Essential criteria

To have an in-depth knowledge of your own faith and theology To have knowledge and experience of other faith traditions and religions Ability to offer spiritual care and bereavement care beyond own denominational and faith boundaries To have knowledge of the emotional, spiritual, cultural, social and religious needs of those who are unwell Experience of healthcare chaplaincy Good computer skills and record keeping habits

Desirable criteria

General awareness of the NHS and its structures Knowledge of current and relevant issues related to Bereavement Care Awareness of current issues concerning chaplaincy in the NHS An ability to express ideas clearly and effectively in speech and writing

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