Healthcare Chaplain with Responsibility for Colleague Wellbeing Salford, North West England, England
Job description
Job overview
Salford Care Organisation within the Northern Care Alliance is recruiting a Healthcare Chaplains who will share in the provision of support of and promote wellbeing within our 11,000 members of Staff. This will involve responding to referrals and supporting individuals; as well as the provision of events/ activities promoting wellbeing and spiritual care.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care team, the chaplain will be required to respond sensitively and effectively to the spiritual, cultural, pastoral, and religious needs of colleagues, patients and visitors of all beliefs including non-religious beliefs, in a person-centered way. This role will primarily focus on support for colleagues and the chaplain will link closely with the Staff Experience Committee. As part of the wider chaplaincy team, the chaplain will also support patients and visitors as required.
We invite applications from individuals who are highly motivated, knowledgeable, compassionate, diplomatic, and creative. Applicants will need to be excellent listeners and communicators, and have a non-judgemental, calm, and confident approach. Understanding of and ability to provide spiritual care in times of crisis and emergency is essential.
The Chaplain will be able to work flexibly and may participate a shared on-call rota (out of hours, weekends and bank holidays) with other chaplains. This would require them to live within a reasonable distance of the hospital and have an ability to travel to the hospital when needed.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
Person specification
Registration
Desirable criteria
- To be registered, or to be able to register as a chaplain with UKBHC
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of the NHS Chaplaincy
- Knowledge and understanding of multi-faith/ belief needs and cultural requirements, and the related role and task of healthcare chaplaincy.
- Knowledge of and ability to provide rites of passage and rituals etc, particularly with the regard to the dying and for those seriously ill.
- Knowledge and understand of Equality & Diversity.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Trust Values
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accreditation by a faith/belief community
- Degree or equivalent in relevant subject. E.g. theology, pastoral care.
- Post based training relevant to healthcare chaplaincy
Desirable criteria
- A certificate in counselling or other relevant specialist training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Years of experience in of significant pastoral / caring work
- Experience in healthcare chaplaincy
- Experience of caring for the sick or bereaved
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with Mental Health
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication, pastoral and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in difficult/distressing circumstances.
- Ability to listen and provide spiritual care in difficult situations.
- Experience of and ability to work autonomously.
- Experience of and ability to work effectively with the team and others.
- IT skills/ presentation skills.
- Proven ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
Other
Essential criteria
- To be able to travel to the hospital site(s) within 1 hour at any time when working or on call.
- Able to share in evening and weekend provision which may include participation in an on-call rota to respond to urgent calls out of contracted hours.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.
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