Trainee Healthcare Chaplain North Lanarkshire
Job description
This position is offered at Band 6 Annex 21. The salary scale for the post is £37,831 per annum rising in annual increments to £46,100 per annum pro-rata. As a trainee your pay is determined as a percentage of pay for qualified staff, in accordance with Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change terms and conditions. As you are more than 2 years from completion of training you will receive 70% of the Band 6, maximum for qualified staff which equates to £32 270 per annum in year 1, in year two 75% which equates to £34,575. On completion of your training you will be placed on either the first pay point of the appropriate pay band or the next pay point above your training salary. For more information, please refer to the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of service handbook.
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen within NHS Lanarkshire Spiritual Care and Wellbeing Service for Trainee Chaplains. We are looking to appoint two candidates, these posts are based across NHS Lanarkshire.
The Trainee Chaplain will contribute to the work of Spiritual Care and Wellbeing and will support patients, families and staff within NHS Lanarkshire. The post holders will work as part of the team with Chaplains, Staff Care Specialists, Assistant Practitioners and volunteers and will participate on the 24/7 on-call rota.
A 24 month structured programme of support education and learning will be provided including formal education.
Successful candidates will:
- Be educated to degree level and be eligible for entry onto the Postgrad Certificate Healthcare Chaplaincy.
- Have experience of providing pastoral support, counselling or active listening
- Be able to demonstrate continuous professional development.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline, e.g. theology, religious studies, spiritual care.
- Have experience in delivering spiritual care e.g. pastoral work in a faith community, chaplaincy, counselling.
- Have a contemporary knowledge base of different religions and faiths and the ability to work harmoniously in an ecumenical/interfaith environment and with those from different life stance groups.
- Have experience in making presentations, teaching or group facilitation.
- Have a detailed knowledge of NHS Lanarkshire Spiritual Care Policy together with a working knowledge of HDL (2002) 76 Scottish Executive Guidelines on Spiritual Care in Scotland, the data Protection Act, the Freedom of Information Act and the NHS Lanarkshire Board’s policy on confidentiality.
It would be great if you also have
- Training in Healthcare Chaplaincy such as CPE.
- Facilitator in Values-based Reflective Practice (VBRP).
- Trained in Community Chaplaincy Listening (CCL).
- Experience of providing spiritual care or wellbeing support in a healthcare setting.
- Knowledge of National documents pertaining to Spiritual Care and Wellbeing such as the Service Standards and Capability Framework.
- Knowledge of current research in Spiritual Care and Wellbeing.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the role of the Healthcare Chaplain or Staff Wellbeing practitioners
- Ability and experience to perform research and audit.
Contract type
- Permanent
- Part Time
- 22.5 hours
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Spiritual Care and Wellbeing within NHS Lanarkshire.
The working pattern for this role will be 9am-5pm(core hours) however there will a requirement to be part of a 24/7 on call rota.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
To discuss this exciting opportunity further, please contact: Paul Graham, Head of Spiritual Care and Wellbeing, [email protected].
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nicole McMillan, Recruitment Administrator on [email protected] (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
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