Trust Roman Catholic Chaplain

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	24 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog:	£38,682.00 i £46,580.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	14 Awst 2025
Lleoliad:	Leeds, LS9 7TF
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9298-ATH-426

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JOB PURPOSE Provide spiritual and pastoral care, and facilitate religious care to meet the needs of patients, staff, students and visitors of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Take responsibility for a caseload of patients and service users with wide-ranging and complex spiritual, pastoral and religious needs and participate fully in the urgent On-Call Rota. Significantly contribute collaboratively to an effective Chaplaincy department. 3. JOB DIMENSIONS The post holder is based at St. James University Hospital but has a Trust-wide responsibility shared with the other Anglican/Free Church chaplains, volunteer honorary chaplains and Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care Team volunteers for the provision of spiritual, pastoral and religious care. Primary importance is given to spiritual and sacramental care needs but input is also be expected to generic pastoral needs and Trust policy development. Responsibility for managing, supervising and supporting volunteer honorary chaplains, students and Spiritual Care Team volunteers, care of chaplaincy resources and responsibility for the handling of donations is integral to the post. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Eligible to be authorised by appropriate faith or belief group to practice as a Healthcare Chaplain. Educated to Honours degree level. Previous Chaplaincy Experience. To be registered or eligible to be registered by the UKBHC, with postgraduate specialist Healthcare Chaplaincy qualification. Broad knowledge of faith and belief systems to be able to work in a multi-cultural/multi-faith and belief context Broad knowledge and understanding of workings of the NHS to enable the post holder to work as part of a Chaplaincy Team and play an active part in the life of the Trust in a multi-disciplinary context. Knowledge and understanding of national policies and procedures relevant to the provision of a Chaplaincy Service / Bereavement Care. Proven capability of working in demanding and sensitive situations with effective pastoral care skills; able to demonstrate highest standards of care for patients, staff and relatives Ability to use liturgical skills in a diverse range of contexts and be able to make effective assessment of the appropriate use of prayer, worship and sacramental ministry. Advanced understanding of the ethical issues relating to health care. Experience of collaborative team working PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Contribute to the effective working of the Chaplaincy team: Ensure good communication and collaboration with all members of the Chaplaincy Team Follow established procedures and policies. Contribute to the effective operation of an on-call rota Share in the provision of 24-hour on-call cover making decisions on own initiative about spiritual needs in crisis situations; responding to emergency calls while meeting the required response time Participate in Chaplaincy role in Major Incident Contribute to caseload planning within the Chaplaincy team and the allocation of patients to volunteers Provide supervision to entry-grade chaplains, students on placement and volunteers Participate in, or take the lead responsibility for specialist projects and implementation of service developments with related policy changes as directed by the Head of Chaplaincy Prepare and disseminate briefings, reports and liturgical material Contribute to chaplaincy service development Deputise for the Head of Chaplaincy or Deputy Head of Chaplaincy when required Provide pastoral and spiritual care: Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information within the context of pastoral, religious, spiritual care for distressed patients, service users and the bereaved. Assess spiritual health and wellbeing needs, develop spiritual care plans, keep written and electronic records Evaluate referrals and determine a timely response Provide spiritual and pastoral care that is sensitive to multi-cultural and multi-faith/belief realities for the diversity of patients and those significant to them, service users, staff and students Make reasoned judgements involving complex religious and pastoral situations Maintain effective and consistent links with designated clinical areas Work collaboratively alongside other professionals at all grades Facilitate religious care: Provide specialist person-centred religious, spiritual and pastoral care and advice for patients, service users and staff Facilitate services or prayers in line with patient/staff/relative/carer needs Devise, co-ordinate and lead religious/non-religious (as appropriate) services/ritual to meet particular needs e.g. memorial services for deceased staff. Facilitate ritual interventions connected with crisis, according to the needs of service users, and consistent with the permissions and practice of the relevant faith community To facilitate and deliver adult contract funerals and funerals for babies facilitate necessary rites and sacraments that cannot be undertaken by the post-holder to be administered by a suitable colleague or community faith leader Make referrals to appropriate faith or belief leaders and community ministers of religion at the patients request and with their consent Establish effective links with parish priests, ministers of religion, and faith leaders and belief organisations in the community. Provide support for staff: Support good working relationships which respect the integrity of others Schedule time for staff as service users Assess and respond to spiritual needs of staff (individual/collective) Be actively aware of issues, changes and conditions which affect staff wellbeing Collaborate with other relevant departments in promoting staff wellbeing Providing training and education: Identify learning needs of self and others Initiate and plan the delivery of learning opportunities Mentor and supervise designated entry-grade chaplains Provide training for staff, students, volunteers and local faith and belief communities, as agreed with the Head of Chaplaincy Contribute to the professional development of Chaplaincy: Maintain an understanding of spiritual care theory and practice Play a full role in the reflective practice processes of the department Undertake literature searches and critical reviews of research relevant to Chaplaincy Contribute to audit, service reviews and research projects Contribute to conferences and publications Champion the unique dimension that high quality and effective spiritual care brings Personal and Professional Development: Develop and maintain up to date knowledge, understanding and skills relevant to the duties of the job e.g. critical care, pastoral practice Participate in Annual Appraisal and achieve agreed personal and professional development goals Practice in accordance with the UKBHC skills and competencies framework and professional codes of conduct Develop as a reflective practitioner and receive regular supervision Maintain a spiritual discipline and/or nurture personal values Contribute to the effective working of the Trust: Follow Trust policies and procedures Keep up-to-date with mandatory training Participate in relevant Trust-wide activities Represent Chaplaincy at relevant functions and events. Take responsibility for the health and safety of self and others Take responsibility for regularly handling and processing of financial donations and charitable funds SPECIFIC TO ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS As well as being responsible and accountable to the Trust, the post holder is ministerially accountable to the Local Ordinary, in this case the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, whilst also liaising with the Bishops Diocesan Healthcare Advisor. Educated to Honours degree level in theology or equivalent. Minister sacramentally, pastorally and spiritually to Roman Catholic patients, relatives and staff as appropriate. Be the first point of contact on Catholic teaching in the Trust . Responsible for the co-ordination of the Catholic chaplaincy on-call system and Catholic volunteers. With patient consent to make appropriate referrals and liaison with local Catholic faith communities Demonstrate pastoral sensitivity to the needs of other faith and belief communities. Undertake appropriate Catholic spiritual development and continuous professional development. Establish effective links with Catholic parishes in the community.